rhinovirus

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"Poorer sleep efficiency and shorter sleep duration in the weeks preceding exposure to a rhinovirus were associated with lower resistance to illness."

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  1. noun Any of a group of picornaviruses that are causative agents of many disorders of the respiratory tract, such as the common cold.

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  • 'We have found that rhinovirus, the most common cause of colds, contributes a disproportionate amount towards future asthma development in comparison to other viruses that also cause childhood wheezing,' principal investigator Robert F. Lemanske Jr said. —  India eNews
  • "We have found that rhinovirus, the most common cause of colds, contributes a disproportionate amount towards future asthma development in comparison to other viruses that also cause childhood wheezing," said principle investigator, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • The study in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine mimicked those conditions by exposing participants to a common cold virus -- rhinovirus -- and most became infected with it. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • "Poorer sleep efficiency and shorter sleep duration in the weeks preceding exposure to a rhinovirus were associated with lower resistance to illness." —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that it is rhinovirus-produced wheezing that parents should be most worried about. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
 

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