Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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• Clin. Exp. Allergy · Aug 2004

  Allergic airway inflammation is exacerbated during acute influenza infection and correlates with increased allergen presentation and recruitment of allergen-specific T-helper type 2 cells.

  Respiratory viral infections are a leading cause of the hospitalization of asthmatics, however, the cellular immunological interactions which underlie these two diseases remain elusive. ⋯ In addition to virus-mediated damage to the lung and airways, influenza viral infection can also enhance unrelated local allergic responses.

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