University of California: Respiratory Infections May Drive Puerto Rico's High Asthma Burden
May 06, 2020
May 06, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 6 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
Early-life respiratory viruses may play an outsize role in Puerto Rico's sky-high rates of childhood asthma, according to a collaborative study led by researchers from UC San Francisco and the City University of New York (CUNY).
Puerto Ricans have the highest asthma rates in the world, with the disease affecting roughly 14.2 percent of Puerto Ricans a . . .
Early-life respiratory viruses may play an outsize role in Puerto Rico's sky-high rates of childhood asthma, according to a collaborative study led by researchers from UC San Francisco and the City University of New York (CUNY).
Puerto Ricans have the highest asthma rates in the world, with the disease affecting roughly 14.2 percent of Puerto Ricans a . . .