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Prevalence and risk factors for asthma, rhinitis, eczema, and atopy among preschool children in an andean city
(2020)
Background: Limited data are available on prevalence and associated risk factors for atopy and allergic diseases from high-altitude urban settings in Latin America. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of atopy, asthma, ...
The presence of serum anti-Ascaris lumbricoides IgE antibodies and of Trichuris trichiura infection are risk factors for wheezing and/or atopy in preschool-aged Brazilian children
(2010)
Background: The elucidation of factors that trigger the development of transient wheezing in early childhood may be an important step toward understanding the pathogenesis of asthma and other allergic diseases later in ...
Inverse association between skin response to aeroallergens and Schistosoma mansoni infection
(Karger, 2000-10-01)
Background: Helminthic infections and allergic disease are highly prevalent in many areas of the world. It is known that IgE antibodies are involved in the pathogenesis of both helminthiasis and atopy. However, the ...
Differences between preschoolers with asthma and allergies in urban and rural environments
(Taylor, 2017-06)
Objective: Previous studies have provided conflicting results about how living in a rural or urban environment influences schoolchildren with asthma and allergic diseases in different ways. The aim of the present study was ...
Skin reactivity to aeroallergens is reduced in human T-lymphotropic virus type I-infected healthy blood-donors (asymptomatic carriers)
(John Wiley and Sons, 2005)
Background: A type 2 immune response, characterized by high levels of interleukin-4 and immunoglobulin E synthesis is a hallmark of respiratory allergic diseases. Individuals infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type ...
Effect of Early-Life Geohelminth Infections on the Development of Wheezing at 5 Years of Age
(American Thoracic Society, 2018)