| Title |
Expanding the Hygiene Hypothesis: Early Exposure to Infectious Agents Predicts Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity to Candida among Children in Kilimanjaro
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0037406 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katherine Wander, Kathleen O'Connor, Bettina Shell-Duncan |
| Abstract |
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that infections in early life prevent the development of pathological immune responses to allergens and autoantigens (the hygiene hypothesis). Early infections may also affect later immune responses to pathogen antigen. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 8 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |