Risk factors associated with asthma, atopic dermatitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in a rural Senegalese cohort

Magali Herrant (1, 2) , Cheikh Loucoubar (1, 2) , Sabah Boufkhed (2) , Hubert Bassène (3) , Fatoumata Diene Sarr (2) , Laurence Baril (2) , Odile Mercereau-Puijalon (4) , Salaheddine Mécheri (5) , Anavaj Sakuntabhai (1) , Richard E Paul (1)

1 Génétique fonctionnelle des Maladies infectieuses - Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases
2 Institut Pasteur de Dakar
3 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
4 Immunologie moléculaire des parasites
5 Biologie des Interactions Hôte-Parasite

The World Allergy Organization estimates that 40 % of the world's population is affected by allergic diseases. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood has completed Phase III and it has now become clear that these diseases have increased in developing countries, especially Africa, where prevalence rates were formerly low. Despite an increase in studies in Africa, few sub-Saharan West African countries are represented; the focus has remained on urban populations and little attention has been paid to rural sub-Saharan Africa.

Domains: Allergology

Magali Herrant, Cheikh Loucoubar, Sabah Boufkhed, Hubert Bassène, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, et al.. Risk factors associated with asthma, atopic dermatitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in a rural Senegalese cohort. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 2015, 11 (1), pp.24. ⟨10.1186/s13223-015-0090-0⟩. ⟨pasteur-02074611⟩