About the Authors
- Audrey V. Grant
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* E-mail: audrey.grant@inserm.fr
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Maria Ilma Araujo
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Affiliation Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Eduardo Vieira Ponte
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Affiliation Programa para o Controle da Asma e Rinite Alérgica na Bahia, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Ricardo Riccio Oliveira
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Affiliation Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Peisong Gao
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Alvaro A. Cruz
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Affiliations Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Programa para o Controle da Asma e Rinite Alérgica na Bahia, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Kathleen C. Barnes
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Terri H. Beaty
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The study benefited from financial support from Glaxo-Smith-Kline. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AVG MIA KCB AAC THB. Performed the experiments: AVG RRO EVP PG. Analyzed the data: AVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MIA AAC KCB. Wrote the paper: AVG THB.