The respiratory virome and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

INTRODUCTION:Exacerbations are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and respiratory bacterial and viral infections are an important trigger. However, using conventional diagnostic techniques, a causative agent is not always foun...

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Main Authors: Anneloes L van Rijn, Sander van Boheemen, Igor Sidorov, Ellen C Carbo, Nikos Pappas, Hailiang Mei, Mariet Feltkamp, Marianne Aanerud, Per Bakke, Eric C J Claas, Tomas M Eagan, Pieter S Hiemstra, Aloys C M Kroes, Jutte J C de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223952