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- Title
Experimental hookworm infection: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in asthma.
- Authors
Feary, J R; Venn, A J; Mortimer, K; Brown, A P; Hooi, D; Falcone, F H; Pritchard, D I; Britton, J R
- Abstract
Epidemiological studies suggest that hookworm infection protects against asthma, and therefore that hookworm infection may have a direct or an indirect therapeutic potential in this disease. We now report the first clinical trial of experimental hookworm infection in people with allergic asthma.
- Publication
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 2, p299
- ISSN
1365-2222
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03433.x