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INCREASED RESISTANCE TO HELMINTH INFESTATION IN AN ATOPIC POPULATION
Author(s) -
GROVE DAVID I.,
FORBES IAN J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111423.x
Subject(s) - infestation , population , immunology , helminths , helminth infections , biology , medicine , environmental health , botany
Faecal egg counts were compared in three groups in an area of universal hookworm infestation. Egg counts were lower in asthmatic and atopic non‐asthmatic subjects than in a non‐atopic population. The atopic population was defined by skin testing for immediate hypersensitivity responses. It is suggested that the atopic state may confer increased resistance to helminth infestation.