Environmental determinants of total IgE among school children living in the rural Tropics: importance of geohelminth infections and effect of anthelmintic treatment
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The environmental factors that determine the elevated levels of polyclonal IgE observed in populations living in the Tropics are poorly understood but may include geohelminth infections. We investigated the association between geohel...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-06-01
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Series: | BMC Immunology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/9/33 |