Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Open Access

Asthma Disease in Children

Asthma is the most frequent chronic condition among children, putting a strain on the health-care system. Asthma symptoms have become more common in children and adolescents over the world in recent years, particularly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This tendency seems to be influenced by both host (genetics, atopy) and environmental factors (microbial exposure, passive smoking, and air pollution). The higher prevalence of asthma in urban regions compared to rural areas, as well as in industrialized countries as a whole, underlined the importance of air pollution in asthma onset. Asthma accounts for 1.1 percent of the global "Disability-adjusted life years" (DALYs)/100,000 estimate for all causes. Children's mortality is low, and it has been declining across Europe in recent years

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Daniel Smith

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