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Human rhinovirus infection in young African children with acute wheezing.
BMC infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2011
Smuts Heidi E, Workman Lesley J, Zar Heather J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infections caused by human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are important triggers of wheezing in young children. Wheezy illness has increasingly been recognised as an important cause of morbidity in African children, but there is little information on the contribution of HRV to this. The aim of this study was to determine the role of HRV as a cause of acute wheezing in South African children. METHODS: Two hundred...
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