“Spike” in acute asthma exacerbations during enterovirus D68 epidemic in Japan: A nation-wide survey

“Spike” in acute asthma exacerbations during enterovirus D68 epidemic in Japan: A nation-wide survey

Background: In September 2015, Japan experienced an unusual increase in acute asthma hospitalizations of children that coincided with an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) epidemic. The objective of this study is to investigate whether EV-D68 had a causal relationship with the spike in asthma hospitalizations...

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Main Authors: Seigo Korematsu, Kengo Nagashima, Yasunori Sato, Mizuho Nagao, Shunji Hasegawa, Haruna Nakamura, Shiro Sugiura, Katsushi Miura, Kenji Okada, Takao Fujisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
Asthma exacerbation
Bronchial asthma
Enterovirus D68
Nation-wide survey
Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893017300448

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