Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 40-42, July 2000

The prevalence of asthma appears to be inversely related to the incidence of typhoid and tuberculosis: hypothesis to explain the variation in asthma prevalence around the world

  • P.D. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Child Health, University of Newcastle
    • ,
  • P.G. Gibson

      Affiliations

    • John Hunter Hospital
    • ,
  • R.L. Henry

      Affiliations

    • Paediatrics, University of New South Wales

Received 20 May 1999; accepted 12 October 1999.

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PII: S0306-9877(99)90997-0

doi:10.1054/mehy.1999.0997

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 40-42, July 2000

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