Open Access“Spike” in acute asthma exacerbations during enterovirus D68 epidemic in Japan: A nation-wide survey
Author(s) -
Seigo Korematsu,
Kengo Nagashima,
Yasunori Sato,
Mizuho Nagao,
Shunji Hasegawa,
Harukamura,
Shiro Sugiura,
Katsushi Miura,
Kenji Okada,
Takao Fujisawa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
allergology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.49
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1440-1592
pISSN - 1323-8930
DOI - 10.1016/j.alit.2017.04.003
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , exacerbation , asthma exacerbations , pediatrics , emergency medicine
In September 2015, Japan experienced an unusual increase in acute asthma hospitalizations of children that coincided with an enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) epidemic. The objective of this study is to investigate whether EV-D68 had a causal relationship with the spike in asthma hospitalizations.
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