Distinction between rhinovirus-induced acute asthma and asthma-augmented influenza infection.
George V GuibasM TsoliaI ChristodoulouF StripeliZ SakkouN G PapadopoulosPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2018)
In children with respiratory symptoms and/or fever, RV but not IFV is associated with wheeze and an asthma-like presentation. In those with an asthma history, IFV causes more generalised and severe disease that may be better described as "asthma-augmented influenza" rather than an "asthma attack." Differences in the acute conditions caused by these viruses should be considered in the design of epidemiological studies.