Natural immunity — Paper Nexus

Summary

It is argued that declining biodiversity might actually increase the risk to humanity from chronic diseases and thereby cause a major public health problem, with inevitable consequences for public health.

Keywords

Immunity, Biology, Virology, Immunology, Immune system

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Microbiota, immunoregulatory old friends and psychiatric disorders.G.A.W. Rook, Charles L. Raison, Christopher A. Lowry — 2014
The Development of Immune Responses and Allergy in Children from Farming and Non-farming EnvironmentsL. Orivuori — 2015
Green areas around homes reduce atopic sensitization in childrenLasse Ruokolainen, Leena C. von Hertzen, Nanna Fyhrquist — 2015
Reduced Bacterial Biodiversity Is Associated with Increased AllergySharon Levy — 2012
Indoor emissions as a primary source of airborne allergenic fungal particles in classrooms.Naomichi Yamamoto, Denina Hospodsky, Karen C. Dannemiller — 2015
Hygiene and Other Early Childhood Influences on the Subsequent Function of the Immune SystemG.A.W. Rook — 2011
Time for New Methods for Avoidance of House Dust Mite and Other AllergensEuan R. Tovey, Andrea R. Ferro — 2012
Acinetobacter species in the skin microbiota protect against allergic sensitization and inflammation.Nanna Fyhrquist, Lasse Ruokolainen, Alina Suomalainen — 2014
Hunt for the origin of allergy – comparing the Finnish and Russian KareliaTari Haahtela, Tiina Laatikainen, Harri Alenius — 2015
Participatory tomato breeding for organic conditions in ItalyGabriele Campanelli, N. Acciarri, B. Campion — 2015
Regulation of the immune system by biodiversity from the natural environment: An ecosystem service essential to healthG.A.W. Rook — 2013
Toward improved public health outcomes from urban nature.Danielle F. Shanahan, Brenda B. Lin, Robert A. Baruch Bush — 2015
Nous sommes tous des bacteries: implications for medicine, pharmacology and public health.David J. Triggle — 2012
Diversity of intestinal microbiota in infancy and the risk of allergic disease in childhoodOla Storrø, Ekaterina Avershina, Knut Rudi — 2013
The biodiversity hypothesis and allergic disease: world allergy organization position statementTari Haahtela, Stephen T. Holgate, Ruby Pawankar — 2013
Microbial ‘Old Friends’, immunoregulation and stress resilienceG.A.W. Rook, Christopher A. Lowry, Charles L. Raison — 2013
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Next-generation DNA sequencing reveals that low fungal diversity in house dust is associated with childhood asthma developmentKaren C. Dannemiller, Mark J. Mendell, Janet M. Macher — 2014

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