Respiratory Viral Diagnostic Result from 442 patient swabs of the Luminex and reference assays. - Site: Abbreviation of provinces where hospitals involved in the study, where patients
BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage. aSome cases were associated with two or more pathogens; two viruses were identified in eight patients and three viruses in two patients.
BACKGROUND: 50% to 80% of asthma exacerbations are precipitated by viral upper respiratory tract infections (RTI), yet the influence of viral pathogen diversity on asthma outcomes is poorly understoo
