BMC Medicine | Abstract | Viruses exacerbating chronic pulmonary disease: the role of immune modulation

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BMC Medicine | Abstract | Viruses exacerbating chronic pulmonary disease: the role of immune modulation

Chronic pulmonary diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and their impact is expected to increase in the future. Respiratory viruses are the commonest cause of acute respiratory infections and it is increasingly recognized that respiratory viruses are a major cause of acute exacerbations of chronic pulmonary diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. There is now increasing evidence that the host response to virus infection is dysregulated

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Tags: Asthma, COPD, Disease and Condition, Healthy Living, Pulmonology, disease, Medical, Medicine