Nowadays, asthma is increasingly considered a heterogeneous disease, caused by interactions between several host and environmental factors. Understanding the specific causative role of respiratory viruses, and the pathogenic mechanisms through which bronchiolitis predisposes to asthma, is a challenging, but essential starting point for the development of prevention and treatment strategies potentially capable of preserving lung function.
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