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Infections and their role in childhood asthma inception

Year: 2013

Type: review

Abstract: The association of early-onset wheezing with common viral and bacterial infections has raised significant interest in the role of infections in childhood asthma inception. This article serves to review these relationships among infections, host factors, and asthma inception in childhood.

Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

DOI: 10.1111/pai.12147

Authors: Amy O. Thomas, Robert F. Lemanske, Daniel J. Jackson

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Asthma and respiratory diseases

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences