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Increased nasal Streptococcus pneumoniae presence in Western environment associated with atopic eczema in Chinese immigrants

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Chinese immigrants living in Australia experience a gradual increase in allergic conditions such as asthma, eczema and hayfever. Recently we found that long-term Chinese immigrants had diminished innate cytokine responses, which may increase their pathogenic bacterial and viral carriage. We hypothesize that a Western environment changes nasal microbiome profile in relation to allergic development in immigrants living in Australia.

Source: World Allergy Organization Journal

DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100165