Introduction High asthma prevalence in Latin-American cities is thought to be caused by
poor hygiene and infections. This contradicts the widely accepted 'hygiene hypothesis' for …

Background Asthma is a public health problem in Latin America, where asthmatic children
are mainly treated at emergency rooms during acute attacks. These attacks result in loss of …

Endotoxins are common indoor biocontaminants. Our purpose was to investigate the
association of endotoxin content with mould problems in house dust in buildings, to …

Background: Endotoxin is a lipopolysaccharide located on the outer membrane of the cell
wall of Gram-negative bacteria that is widespread in the environment. Although domestic …

Asthma is the leading non-communicable disease among children. Although several
environmental determinants have already been associated with the development of asthma …