Viral and non-viral episodes of wheezing in early life and the development of asthma and respiratory phenotypes among urban children.
Tara N HavensPetra LeBeauAgustin CalatroniJames E GernGeorge T O'ConnorRobert A WoodCarin LammRebecca Z KrouseCynthia M VisnessPeter J GergenDaniel J JacksonLeonard B BacharierPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2024)
Within this high-risk urban-residing cohort in early life, non-viral wheezing episodes were frequently identified and associated with asthma development. Though rhinovirus wheezing illnesses had the greatest association with phenotype outcome, the specific etiology of wheezing episodes in early life provided limited information about subsequent wheezing phenotypes.