What is it about?
This is an editorial that discusses what we know about why people with asthma are more susceptible to virus infections like influenza.
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Why is it important?
Virus infections are the most common cause of worsening of asthma in people of all ages. We still only partially understand why this is. This article discusses what is known and what we still need to understand.
Perspectives
Why people with asthma are so susceptible to virus infections is still one of the most important scientific questions that need to be answered in the understanding of acute asthma.
Conjoint Professor Peter Wark
University of Newcastle
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This page is a summary of: Why are people with asthma more susceptible to influenza?, European Respiratory Journal, October 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01748-2019.
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