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The Lancet

Volume 308, Issue 7988, 2 October 1976, Pages 706-707
The Lancet

PARASITES AND ASTHMA IN TANZANIAN CHILDREN

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Abstract

It has been claimed that parasitic infestation suppresses the development of asthma. Eight Tanzanian schoolchildren in whom asthma was confirmed by the demonstration of exercise-induced bronchospasm were found in an ascaris-endemic area of rural Tanzania. Fæcal parasites were found equally commonly in the children with asthma and the ninety-seven non-asthmatic controls. The prevalence of asthma (3·3%) in the school under study was comparable with that found in developed countries.

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