Virus-induced exacerbations in asthma and COPD

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Kurai, Daisuke ^a   Saraya, Takeshi ^a   Ishii, Haruyuki ^a   Takizawa, Hajime ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Exacerbation; Human rhinovirus; Overlap syndrome; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory virus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERFERON; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PALIVIZUMAB; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; MYCOSIS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; VIRUS INFECTION;

CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS SP.; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 84885407872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00293     Document Type: Review

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