13-2SY Rhinovirus Wheezing Illness and the Risk of Childhood-Onset Asthma

Monday, 8 December 2014: 13:25 - 13:45
Sala B1 (Sul America)

Peter Heymann, MD, MPH , Pediatrics & Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Learning Objectives:
1. To review the role of rhinovirus in relation to other respiratory tract pathogens and atopy in provoking wheezing episodes in early childhood.

2. To examine the association between viral induced wheezing in early childhood and the genesis of asthma.