Marco Waser
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
31 Papers
508 Citations
Marco Waser is an academic researcher from Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Asthma. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 31 publications. Previous affiliations of Marco Waser include University of Basel.
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Papers
Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children.
Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer,Josef Riedler,Udo Herz,Waltraud Eder,Marco Waser,Leticia Grize,Soyoun Maisch,David Carr,Florian Gerlach,Albrecht Bufe,Roger Lauener,Rudolf Schierl,Harald Renz,Dennis Nowak,Erika von Mutius +14 more
TL;DR: A subject's environmental exposure to endotoxin may have a crucial role in the development of tolerance to ubiquitous allergens found in natural environments.
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Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey
Josef Riedler,Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer,Waltraud Eder,Mynda Schreuer,Marco Waser,Soyoun Maisch,David Carr,Rudi Schierl,Dennis Nowak,Erika von Mutius +9 more
TL;DR: Long-term and early-life exposure to stables and farm milk induces a strong protective effect against development of asthma, hay fever, and atopic sensitisation in children.
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Allergic diseases and atopic sensitization in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle : the PARSIFAL study
Tobias Alfvén,C Braun-Fahrländer,Bert Brunekreef,E. von Mutius,J. Riedler,Annika Scheynius,M. van Hage,M. Wickman,Marcus R. Benz,J. Budde,Karin B. Michels,D. Schram,E. Üblagger,Marco Waser,Göran Pershagen +14 more
TL;DR: This study compares the prevalence of allergic diseases and sensitization between farm children, children in anthroposophic families, and reference children, with the aim of identifying factors that may protect against allergic disease.
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Not all farming environments protect against the development of asthma and wheeze in children
Markus J. Ege,Remo Frei,Christian Bieli,D. Schram-Bijkerk,Marco Waser,Marcus R. Benz,Gertraud Weiss,Fredrik Nyberg,Fredrik Nyberg,Marianne van Hage,Göran Pershagen,Bert Brunekreef,Josef Riedler,Roger Lauener,Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer,Erika von Mutius +15 more
TL;DR: The protective effect of being raised in a farm environment was ascribed to distinct exposures and levels of endotoxin and extracellular polysaccharides were related to the health outcomes independently of the farm exposures.
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The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy: The GABRIELA study
Georg Loss,Georg Loss,Silvia Apprich,Marco Waser,Marco Waser,Wolfgang Kneifel,Jon Genuneit,Gisela Büchele,Juliane Weber,Barbara Sozańska,Hanna Danielewicz,Elisabeth Horak,R. J. Joost van Neerven,Dick Heederik,Peter C. Lorenzen,Erika von Mutius,Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer,Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer +17 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the protective effect of raw milk consumption on asthma might be associated with the whey protein fraction of milk.