Title
Asthma and rhinitis in South America: How different they are from other parts of the world
Date Issued
01 March 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Neto H.J.C.
Rosário N.A.
Solé D.
Baena-Cagnani C.E.
Zabert G.E.
Crisci C.D.
Gómez M.
Neffen H.
Pinto-Vargas R.
Solé D.
Machado-Motta J.
Gurgel R.A.
Camargos P.A.
Borges W.G.
Silva A.
Rosário N.A.
Costa L.S.
de Freitas Souza L.
Dutra-Bernhardt C.
Passos-Soares F.J.
Lamenha M.
do Socorro Cardoso M.
da Cunha A.L.A.
Neto A.P.
Fischer G.B.
Cassol V.E.
Gonzales C.
Melo K.C.
Jacob C.A.
Kuschnir F.
Sarinho E.
de Britto M.
Wandalsen N.
Pastorino A.C.
Pinto R.
Serrate E.
Suárez P.
Gómez O.
Aguirre J.
Aguirre-Camposano V.
Vera-Benavides L.
Contreras A.
Amarales L.
Aguilar P.
Calvo M.A.
Mallol J.
Cepeda A.M.
Aristizábal G.
Ordoñez G.A.
Soto-Quiroz M.
Varona-Peréz P.
Bustos C.
Barba S.
de Janón R.
Rodas M.
Sierra A.
Ulloa J.
Figueroa-Colorado M.
Bueso-Engelhardt A.
Baeza-Bacab M.
Del Río-Navarro B.E.
Barragán-Meijueiro M.
Ramírez-Chanona N.
García-Almaraz R.
Romieu I.
Merida-Palacio V.
González-Díaz S.N.
Linares-Zapién F.J.
Romero-Tapia S.
Sánchez J.F.
Cukier G.
Guggiari-Chasse J.A.
Holgado D.
Lapides M.C.
Aldrey O.
Publisher(s)
Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Abstract
Asthma and rhinitis epidemiology has wide variations around the world. The aim of this review was verify the prevalence of asthma and rhinitis in South America and report differences from other regions of the world. We reviewed studies with International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) methodology in South America, Phases I and III. In South America the ISAAC Phase I ranked four countries among top ten in prevalence of asthma and three countries among top ten in prevalence of rhinoconjunctivitis. ISAAC Phase III showed little changes in asthma and rhinitis prevalence in South American countries. The prevalence increases of asthma and rhinitis in South American centers indicate that the burden of both is continuing to rise, but the differences in prevalence are lessening. © The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Start page
62
End page
67
Volume
4
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema respiratorio
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84861858555
Source
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research
ISSN of the container
20927355
Sources of information:
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