Asthma is inversely associated with Helicobacter pylori status in an urban population.
Microbial exposures have been suggested to confer protection from allergic disorders and reduced exposures to gastrointestinal microbiota have been proposed as an explanation for the increase in asthma prevalence. Since the general prevalence of Helicobacter pylori has been decreasing, we hypothesiz...
Main Authors: | Joan Reibman, Michael Marmor, Joshua Filner, Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros, Linda Rogers, Guillermo I Perez-Perez, Martin J Blaser |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2603593?pdf=render |
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