For 10 points, name this chronic inflammatory disorder of the bronchial mucosa know for causing its namesake "attacks."
Research groups studying the increasing incidence of this disease among children in urban areas have noted its markedly lower incidence in the indigenous tribes of the Amazon and among other hunter-gatherer groups in Africa. Physicians are beginning to rethink the basis of this disease after it was discovered that the Th2 pathway and immunoglobulins involved in this disease frequently target (*) Ascaris and other helminths. Evolutionary biologists and anthropologists now posit that rather than being an autoimmune disorder, this disease of "hyper-immunity" may have historically protected early people from deadly parasitic worm infections. For 10 points, name this chronic inflammatory disorder of the bronchial mucosa know for causing its namesake "attacks."
Research groups studying the increasing incidence of this disease among children in urban areas have noted its markedly lower incidence in the indigenous tribes of the Amazon and among other hunter-gatherer groups in Africa.
asthma