This issue, Guest Edited by Drs. Shyam Mohapatra and Gary Hellermann, will include topics such as: Virus-induced airway injury and asthma inception; Pediatric infectious diseases and asthma; Rhinoviruses and inception or exacerbation of asthma; Respiratory syncytial virus infections in the adult asthmatic—role of viral subversion and host susceptibility in RSV infection; New rhinovirus clades and their significance in asthma exacerbation and airway remodeling; Metapneumovirus and asthma.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface - p. 7 8. The Infectious March: The Complex Interaction Between Microbes and the Immune System in Asthma - p. 10 9. Viral Diversity in Asthma - p. 26 10. Animal Models of Virus-induced Chronic Airway Disease - p. 31 11. The Role of Respiratory Virus Infections in Childhood Asthma Inception - p. 41 12. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in the Adult Asthmatic – Mechanisms of Host Susceptibility and Viral Subversion - p. 46 13. New Human Rhinovirus Species and Their Significance in Asthma Exacerbation and Airway Remodeling - p. 58 14. Virus/Allergen Interactions and Exacerbations of Asthma - p. 65 15. Bacterial Infections and Pediatric Asthma - p. 72 16. Effects of Atypical Infections with Mycoplasma and Chlamydia on Asthma - p. 78 17. Index - p. 85
This issue, Guest Edited by Drs. Shyam Mohapatra and Gary Hellermann, will include topics such as: Virus-induced airway injury and asthma inception; Pediatric infectious diseases and asthma; Rhinoviruses and inception or exacerbation of asthma; Respiratory syncytial virus infections in the adult asthmatic—role of viral subversion and host susceptibility in RSV infection; New rhinovirus clades and their significance in asthma exacerbation and airway remodeling; Metapneumovirus and asthma.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface - p. 7 8. The Infectious March: The Complex Interaction Between Microbes and the Immune System in Asthma - p. 10 9. Viral Diversity in Asthma - p. 26 10. Animal Models of Virus-induced Chronic Airway Disease - p. 31 11. The Role of Respiratory Virus Infections in Childhood Asthma Inception - p. 41 12. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in the Adult Asthmatic – Mechanisms of Host Susceptibility and Viral Subversion - p. 46 13. New Human Rhinovirus Species and Their Significance in Asthma Exacerbation and Airway Remodeling - p. 58 14. Virus/Allergen Interactions and Exacerbations of Asthma - p. 65 15. Bacterial Infections and Pediatric Asthma - p. 72 16. Effects of Atypical Infections with Mycoplasma and Chlamydia on Asthma - p. 78 17. Index - p. 85
