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Asthma
Asthma hospitalizations increase with start of school and viral infections, study shows
April 21st, 2006
The spike in asthma exacerbations and hospitalizations in the fall is precisely related to the start of school and a subsequent increase in viral infections among children. Attempting to improve asthma control and reduce the transmission of infections as school starts could reduce the annual September asthma epidemic, according to new research, according to a study, "The September epidemic of asthma hospitalization: School children as disease vectors," published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). Neil W. Johnston, MSc, of St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues looked to...
Source: Science Letter (2006-04-21)
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