The old friends hypothesis: evolution, immunoregulation and essential microbial inputs

Rook GAW

Review

01/09/2023

The hygiene hypothesis for allergy – conception and evolution

D Strachan, M R Perkin

Review

25/11/2022

Is lack of exposure to germs during COVID-19 weakening our immune systems?

Bloomfield SF

Review

21/04/2022

The 9 moments for hygiene – when cleanliness really matters

IFH

Online Learning

14/12/2020

RSPH and IFH call for a clean-up of public understanding and attitudes to hygiene

Bloomfield SF

Review

05/11/2019

Too clean or not too clean? The case for targeted hygiene in home and everyday life

Royal Society for Public Health

Public Leaflet, Review

25/06/2019

The hygiene hypothesis – a misnomer which is undermining hygiene and infection prevention strategies

Bloomfield SF

Review

16/04/2019

Graham Rook and the Hygiene hypothesis – a podcast review of current thinking

Graham Rook

Review

28/04/2019

The Old Friends Hypothesis

Graham Rook

Webpage

28/04/2019

New research study showing a link between microbe exposure in early life and childhood leukaemia

Bloomfield SF

Review

18/07/2018

The hygiene hypothesis misnomer and its potential impact on strategies to tackle the global problem of antibiotic resistance

Bloomfield SF, Scott EA

Review

21/06/2017

Evolution, human-microbe interactions, and life history plasticity

Rook G., Backhead F, Levin BR, McFall-Ngai MJ, McLean AR

Review

06/04/2017

Cleaning up on the hygiene hypothesis – is it time to throw out the hygiene hypothesis?

Scudellari M

Review

21/02/2017

Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: new perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene

Scott EA, Rook GAW, Stanwell-Smith R, Shanahan F, Turner P., Bloomfield SF

Review

21/07/2016

Are antibiotics a contributory factor to the rise in allergic and other Chronic Inflammatory Diseases?

Bloomfield SF

Review

13/10/2014

“Are we too clean” – an outdated concept or a concept in need of clarification?

Bloomfield SF

Review

05/06/2014

Webber Training teleclass: Are we too clean for our own good? – the hygiene hypothesis and its implications for public health

Bloomfield SF

Review

24/04/2014

Microbial “Old Friends”, immunoregulation and socioeconomic status

Rook GAW Raison CL Lowry CA

Best practice, Review

04/02/2014

The Hygiene Hypothesis, Old Friends and Their Implications for Child Health and Home Hygiene. Symposium Presentations, 6th June 2013, 6th Europaediatrics Conference, Glasgow

Bloomfield SF, Rook GA

Review

11/06/2013

The Old Friends Hypothesis

Graham Rook

Review

12/08/2013