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Infant Infection With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Genotypes and Subsequent Childhood Asthma Risk.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 3 Aug 2026
Rosas-Salazar Christian, Gebretsadik Tebeb, Chappell James D, Peebles R Stokes, Dupont William D, Shilts Meghan H, Jadhao Samadhan J, Anderson Larry J, Das Suman R, Hartert Tina V
Abstract excerpt
Our objective was to test the hypothesis that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection during infancy with genotypes containing previously reported G gene sequence duplications (Gdups) is associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma. In a population-based, prospective, birth cohort of healthy, term children, we found that children with RSV-A Gdup+ (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.00, 95%CI = 1.15-3.47)...
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