Usually means: Reduced microbes increase allergy risk.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Hygiene hypothesis)

noun:  In medicine, the hygiene hypothesis states that early childhood exposure to particular microorganisms (such as the gut flora and helminth parasites) protects against allergies by properly tuning the immune system.


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