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This relation has not been tested in an area with a high burden of <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> (MTB) infection, a known Th1\u2010stimulating infection.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objective\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> To study the association of intestinal helminth infection and atopic disease in a community where helminth infection is endemic and MTB infection is high.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> Three\u2010hundred and fifty\u2010nine randomly selected children aged 6\u201314 years from a poor urban suburb were tested with allergy questionnaire, skin prick test (SPT) to common aeroallergens, <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010specific IgE (<jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010sIgE), fecal examination for pathogenic intestinal helminths and tuberculin skin testing (TST). Histamine bronchoprovocation was tested in the group of children aged 10 years and older. Results were corrected for demographic variables, socioeconomic status, parental allergy, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in the household, recent anthelminthic treatment and for clustering in the sampling unit.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold>  <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010sIgE was elevated in 48% of children, <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> eggs were found in 15% and TST was positive in 53%. Children with elevated <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010sIgE had significantly increased risk of positive SPT to aeroallergens, particularly house dust mite, atopic asthma (<jats:italic>ever<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>recent<\/jats:italic>), atopic rhinitis (<jats:italic>ever<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>recent<\/jats:italic>) and increased atopy\u2010related bronchial hyper\u2010responsiveness. In children with negative TST (&lt;10\u2003mm), elevated <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010sIgE was associated with significantly increased risk of atopic symptoms (adjusted odds ratio (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>) 6.5; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.9\u201322.4), whereas in those with positive TST (10\u2003mm) this association disappeared (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub> 0.96; 95% CI 0.4\u20132.8).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> These results suggest that immune response to <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic>\u2010sIgE) may be a risk factor of atopic disease in populations exposed to mild <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> infection and that MTB infection may be protective against this risk, probably by stimulation of anti\u2010inflammatory networks.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2222.2006.02479.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,4,28]],"date-time":"2006-04-28T01:46:10Z","timestamp":1146188770000},"page":"640-648","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":57,"title":["Respiratory atopic disease, <i>Ascaris<\/i>\u2010immunoglobulin E and tuberculin testing in urban South African children"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"C. 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