Affiliation:
1. The authors are at the University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Abstract
In a report in this issue of
Science
, Shirakawa
et al
. (
p. 77
) show an inverse relation between exposure to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis and the incidence of asthma, leading to the proposition that childhood infections can protect against later development of asthma and similar allergic reactions. In their Perspective, Cookson and Moffatt explain the immunological basis of this proposition and discuss its implications.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Cited by
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