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Poor sanitation and helminth infection protect against skin sensitization in Vietnamese children: A cross-sectional study  Carsten Flohr, MRCPCH, Luc.

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1 Poor sanitation and helminth infection protect against skin sensitization in Vietnamese children: A cross-sectional study  Carsten Flohr, MRCPCH, Luc Nguyen Tuyen, PhD, Sarah Lewis, PhD, Rupert Quinnell, PhD, Truong Tan Minh, PhD, Ho Thanh Liem, MD, Jim Campbell, AIBMS, David Pritchard, PhD, Tran Tinh Hien, PhD, Jeremy Farrar, PhD, Hywel Williams, PhD, John Britton, MD  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 118, Issue 6, Pages (December 2006) DOI: /j.jaci Copyright © 2006 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Improved hygiene and sanitation as well as ethnicity increased the risk of allergic sensitization in Vietnamese children, while hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides infections had an independent protective effect. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2006 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Terms and Conditions


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