Infection-exposure in infancy is associated with reduced allergy-related disease in later childhood in a Ugandan cohort

Infection-exposure in infancy is associated with reduced allergy-related disease in later childhood in a Ugandan cohort

Background: Lack of early infection-exposure has been associated with increased allergy-related disease (ARD) susceptibility. In tropical Africa, little is known about which infections contribute to development of ARDs, and at which time. Methods: We used latent class analysis to characterise the ea...

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Main Authors: Lawrence Lubyayi, Harriet Mpairwe, Gyaviira Nkurunungi, Swaib A Lule, Angela Nalwoga, Emily L Webb, Jonathan Levin, Alison M Elliott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
childhood
infection-exposure
allergy-related disease
atopy
Uganda
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/66022

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/66022

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