Is asthma an infectious disease?

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Volumn 123, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 385S-390S

  Lemanske Jr , Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chlamydia; Mycoplasma; Respiratory syncytial virus; Rhinovirus; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS;

EID: 0037335979     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3_suppl.385S-a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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