TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of single and multiple infections on atopy and wheezing in children.
AU - Alcantara-Neves, Neuza Maria
AU - Veiga, Rafael Valente
AU - Dattoli, Vitor Camilo Cavalcante
AU - Fiaccone, Rosimeire Leovigildo
AU - Esquivel, Renata
AU - Cruz, Alvaro Augusto
AU - Cooper, Philip
AU - Rodrigues, Laura Cunha
AU - Barreto, Maurício Lima
PY - 2012/2/1
Y1 - 2012/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - allergen-specific IgE
KW - asthma
KW - Atopy
KW - infections
KW - pathogen exposure
KW - skin prick test
KW - wheezing illnesses
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.015
M3 - Article
SN - 0091-6749
VL - 129
SP - 359-367.e3
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 2
ER -