02/27/07
A study led by Adnan Custovic from the University of Manchester analyzing two surveys ten years apart (1993 and 2003) among 9-16 year old schoolchildren attending urban and rural schools in Ghana showed that the prevalence of both exercise-induced bronchospasm and atopy had approximately doubled over the period.
A related essay puts this survey into context through a discussion of the epidemiology of asthma in Africa.
The study was published February 27 in PLOS Medicine.
