RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Viral infection as a precipitant of wheeze in children. Combined home and hospital study.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 106
OP 111
DO 10.1136/adc.53.2.106
VO 53
IS 2
A1 I Mitchell
A1 J M Inglis
A1 H Simpson
YR 1978
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/53/2/106.abstract
AB Sixteen children with asthma were studied for one year and viral isolation attempted during all episodes of wheezing. In 91 episodes investigated, 13 viruses were isolated (isolation rate 14%); whereas only one virus was isolated from 120 specimens taken when the children were symptom free. Rhinovirus was the commonest isolate and most were obtained during August, September, October. Episodes of wheezing associated with virus infection were not clinically different not more severe than those due to other precipitants.