Clinical improvement of asthma after anthelminthic treatment on a tropical situation

摘要

Intestinal helminths are among the most common infectious organisms of humans, particularly in tropical regions, and can induced the production of large quantities of lgE antibody. Part of this re- sponse is directed against the helminths own antigens, but a polyclonal stimulation also occurs that may increase the allergic reactivity toward environmental allergens. The importance of this in the symptomatology of asthma in these regions is, however, uncertain.