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Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis and asthma - insights from recent studies and implications for therapy.
Inflammation & allergy drug targets - 1 Jul 2009
Mailaparambil Beena, Grychtol Ruth, Heinzmann Andrea
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Infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infection in infants. It is accompanied by a considerably disease burden and a hospitalisation rate of up to 3% in infected infants. Besides, it is still a matter of intensive discussion whether severe RSV infection in early infancy causes the development of asthma later in live or whether RSV bronchiolitis...
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