The effect of single and multiple infections on atopy and wheezing in children.

Neuza Maria Alcantara-Neves; Rafael Valente Veiga; Vitor Camilo Cavalcante Dattoli; Rosimeire Leovigildo Fiaccone; Renata Esquivel; Alvaro Augusto Cruz; Philip Cooper; Laura Cunha Rodrigues; Maurício Lima Barreto

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.015

The effect of single and multiple infections on atopy and wheezing in children.

Neuza Maria Alcantara-Neves
, Rafael Valente Veiga
, Vitor Camilo Cavalcante Dattoli
, Rosimeire Leovigildo Fiaccone
, Renata Esquivel
, Alvaro Augusto Cruz
, Philip Cooper
, Laura Cunha Rodrigues
, Maurício Lima Barreto

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

The findings provide support for the idea that the hygiene hypothesis is operating in an urban Latin American context, but its expression is thus far restricted to the atopic status of patients and not the perceived asthma symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-367.e3
Journal	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume	129
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.015
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2012

Keywords

allergen-specific IgE
asthma
Atopy
infections
pathogen exposure
skin prick test
wheezing illnesses

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