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Children with asthma by school age display aberrant immune responses to pathogenic airway bacteria as infants.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2014
Larsen Jeppe Madura, Brix Susanne, Thysen Anna Hammerich, Birch Sune, Rasmussen Morten Arendt, Bisgaard Hans
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BACKGROUND: Asthma is a highly prevalent chronic lung disease that commonly originates in early childhood. Colonization of neonatal airways with the pathogenic bacterial strains Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is associated with increased risk of later...
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