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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Cohort Profile: the Ecuador Life (ECUAVIDA) study in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador |
Authors: | Cooper, Philip J. Chico, Martha E. Platts-Mills, Thomas A. E. Rodrigues, Laura C. Strachan, David P. Barreto, Mauricio Lima |
metadata.dc.creator: | Cooper, Philip J. Chico, Martha E. Platts-Mills, Thomas A. E. Rodrigues, Laura C. Strachan, David P. Barreto, Mauricio Lima |
Abstract: | The ECUAVIDA birth cohort is studying the impact of exposures to soil-transmitted helminth (STH) parasites and early-life microbial exposures on the development of atopy, allergic diseases and immune responses in childhood. A total of 2404 newborns were recruited between 2006 and 2009 in a public hospital serving the rural district of Quininde, Esmeraldas Province, in a tropical region of coastal Ecuador. Detailed measurements were done around the time of the birth, at 7 and 13 months and at 2 and 3 years, and data collection is ongoing at 5 and 8 years. Data being collected include questionnaires for: sociodemographic, lifestyle, psychosocial (at 4-6 years only) and dietary (at 6-7 years only) factors; childhood morbidity and clinical outcomes; stool samples for parasites; blood samples for DNA, measurements of vaccine responses and other measures of immune function/inflammation; and anthropometrics. Allergen skin prick test reactivity is done from 2 years and measures of airway function and inflammation at 8 years. |
Keywords: | Allergic Diseases Helminth Microbial Exposures |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
metadata.dc.rights: | Acesso Aberto |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/17868 |
Issue Date: | Jul-2014 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico Estrangeiro (ISC) |
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