title: Asthma: an epidemic in the absence of infection?
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. william.cookson@clinical-medicine.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Cookson
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Moffatt
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D007073:Immunoglobulin E