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5794 respiratory specimens from children presenting to an outpatient clinic with acute respiratory symptoms…
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Supports heightened vigilance for severe EV-D68 wheezing in children with asthma history; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Most children with EV-D68 infection can be managed as outpatients, but a history of asthma or wheezing significantly increases the risk of severe asthma attacks requiring hospitalization.
Itagaki et al. (2017) studied this question.
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