Novel human rhinoviruses and exacerbation of asthma in children.

ABSTRACT: To determine links between human rhinoviruses (HRV) and asthma, we used data from a case-control study, March 2003-February 2004, among children with asthma. Molecular characterization identified several likely new HRVs and showed that association with asthma exacerbations was largely driven by HRV-A and a phylogenetically distinct clade of 8 strains, genogroup C.

SUBMITTER: Khetsuriani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2630738 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature