Treating viral exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from a mouse model of cigarette smoke and H1N1 influenza infection.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive lung disease that is punctuated by periods of exacerbations (worsening of symptoms) that are attributable to viral infections. While rhinoviruses are most commonly isolated viruses during episodes of exacerbation, influenza viruses have the pote...

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Main Authors: Carla M T Bauer, Caleb C J Zavitz, Fernando M Botelho, Kristen N Lambert, Earl G Brown, Karen L Mossman, John D Taylor, Martin R Stämpfli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2953496?pdf=render