A short history from Karelia study to biodiversity and public health interventions

• Published in: Frontiers in Allergy
• Main Authors: Tari Haahtela, Harri Alenius, Petri Auvinen, Nanna Fyhrquist, Leena von Hertzen, Pekka Jousilahti, Piia Karisola, Tiina Laatikainen, Jenni Lehtimäki, Laura Paalanen, Lasse Ruokolainen, Kimmo Saarinen, Erkka Valovirta, Tuula Vasankari, Tiina Vlasoff, Marina Erhola, Jean Bousquet, Erkki Vartiainen, Mika J. Mäkelä
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: allergy epidemic; allergy programme; asthma; biodiversity hypothesis; climate change; Karelia Allergy Study; Immunologic diseases. Allergy; RC581-607; Lahti; karelia*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1152927; https://doaj.org/article/c6e375d6f15d40ed8bff002ccf57bfb4

Contact with natural environments enriches the human microbiome, promotes immune balance and protects against allergies and inflammatory disorders. In Finland, the allergy & asthma epidemic became slowly visible in mid 1960s. After the World War II, Karelia was split into Finnish and Soviet Unio...