What is the new information available about the interaction of allergic airway disease and upper respiratory tract infection that relates to asthma pathogenesis? This symposium session will review the impact of viral and bacterial infections in asthma pathogenesis.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to discuss and define the factors that regulate severity of illness to rhinovirus infection.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to identify the mechanisms by which CARDS toxin induces allergic airway inflammation.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to describe how virus infection regulates airway epithelial cell function.