Response to Comment on “Therapeutic Application of an Extract of Helicobacter pylori Ameliorates the Development of Allergic Airway Disease”

Abstract

We thank Kountouras and colleagues for their interest in our work and their comments on our article ([1][1]). Kountouras et al. argue that a low infection rate with H. pylori and a high prevalence of asthma do not have to be associated, as there are certain areas with low asthma incidence despite