Nutrition and allergic diseases in urban and rural communities from the South African Food Allergy cohort.
Maresa BothaWisdom BaseraHeidi E Facey-ThomasBen GauntJon GenuneitClaudia L GrayWanjiku KiraguJordache RamjithAlexandra WatkinsMichael Eliad LevinPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2019)
Allergy and sensitization rates are significantly higher in unselected urban South African toddlers than their rural counterparts. Risk and protective factors for allergy and atopy may differ between urban and rural settings.