Helicobacter, hygiene, atopy, and asthma

• Main Authors: Muhammad Miftahussurur, Iswan Abbas Nusi, Iswan Abbas Nusi, D.Y. Graham, D.Y. Graham, Yoshio Yamaoka, Yoshio Yamaoka
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General); R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/94601/1/Miftahussurur-Helicobacter%2C%20hygiene%2C%20atopy%2C%20and%20asthma.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/94601/; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01034/full
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The hygiene hypothesis links environmental and microbial exposures in early life to the prevalence of atopy, allergy, and asthma. Helicobacter pylori infection is typically acquired in childhood and acquisition of the infection is associated with poor household hygiene. Some population surveys have...