Long‐Term Treatment of Intestinal Helminths Increases Mite Skin‐Test Reactivity in Gabonese Schoolchildren | Zendy

Anita H.J. van den Biggelaar | Zendy; Laura C. Rodrigues | Zendy; Ronald van Ree | Zendy; Jaring S. van der Zee | Zendy; Yvonne C. M. HoeksmaKruize | Zendy; John H. M. Souverijn | Zendy; Michel A. Missinou | Zendy; Steffen Borrmann | Zendy; Peter G. Kremsner | Zendy; Maria Yazdanbakhsh | Zendy

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Long‐Term Treatment of Intestinal Helminths Increases Mite Skin‐Test Reactivity in Gabonese Schoolchildren

Author(s) -

Anita H.J. van den Biggelaar,

Laura C. Rodrigues,

Ronald van Ree,

Jaring S. van der Zee,

Yvonne C. M. HoeksmaKruize,

John H. M. Souverijn,

Michel A. Missinou,

Steffen Borrmann,

Peter G. Kremsner,

Maria Yazdanbakhsh

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/381767

Subject(s) - atopy , mebendazole , medicine , immunology , helminthiasis , ascaris , population , helminths , allergy , biology , environmental health , ecology

Several studies have shown an inverse association between helminth infections and atopy, but none have clearly established that the pathogens themselves, rather than other associated factors, cause the suppression of atopy. To show a direct link, prospective intervention studies are required.

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