Title |
Respiratory Infections in Adults with Atopic Disease and IgE Antibodies to Common Aeroallergens
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0068582 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Aino Rantala, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Maritta S. Jaakkola |
Abstract |
Atopic diseases, including allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis and asthma, are common diseases with a prevalence of 30-40% worldwide and are thus of great global public health importance. Allergic inflammation may influence the immunity against infections, so atopic individuals could be susceptible to respiratory infections. No previous population-based study has addressed the relation between atopy and respiratory infections in adulthood. We assessed the relation between atopic disease, specific IgE antibodies and the occurrence of upper and lower respiratory infections in the past 12 months among working-aged adults. |
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United States | 1 | 33% |
Australia | 1 | 33% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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Australia | 1 | 2% |
Canada | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 63 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Bachelor | 15 | 23% |
Other | 7 | 11% |
Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
Researcher | 4 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
Other | 14 | 22% |
Unknown | 16 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 43% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
Neuroscience | 2 | 3% |
Other | 3 | 5% |
Unknown | 19 | 29% |