ReviewThe Lancet. Respiratory medicine2013
Prenatal and childhood infections: implications for the development and treatment of childhood asthma.
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- Asthma exacerbations in a subtropical area and the role of respiratory viruses: a cross-sectional study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2018Article
- Review of the clinical significance of respiratory virus infections in newborn infants.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2016Review
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- Maternal smoking in pregnancy and its influence on childhood asthma.ERJ open research · 2016Review
- Antibiotic exposure in the first year of life and later treated asthma, a population based birth cohort study of 143,000 children.European journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Asthma risk factors.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2015Review
- Long-term effects of pneumonia in young children.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2015Review
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- The potential to predict the course of childhood asthma.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2014Review
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Abstract
Bacterial and viral infections occur early and recurrently in life and thereby impose a substantial disease burden. Besides causing clinical symptoms, a potential role of infection in the development of the asthma syndrome later in life has also been suggested. However, whether bacterial and viral infections unmask host factors in children at risk of asthma or whether they directly cause asthma remains unclear; both viewpoints could be justified, but the underlying mechanisms are complex and poorly understood. Recently, the role of the bacterial microbiome has been emphasised. But data are still sparse and future studies are needed for definitive conclusions to be made. In this Review, we discuss present knowledge of viruses and bacteria that infect and colonise the respiratory tract and mucosal surfaces, including their timepoint of action, host factors related to infection, and their effect on childhood asthma. Childhood asthma could be the result of a combination of altered host susceptibility and infectious agents.
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