This week in virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.

From microbe TV, this is twiv this week in virology episode 884 recorded on April 1st, 2022.

I'm Vincent Racken-Yellow and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.

Joining me today from New York, Amy Rosenfeld.

Love Vincent, how are you today?

It's April 1st.

So it's April full of day.

Maybe that's why we have nobody else with us.

That's it. Nobody else could make it today.

It's so fortunate, but it's fine. We are in good hands here.

First paper is from cell reports, asthmatic bronchial smooth muscle increases

rhino virus replication within the bronchial epithelium.

This is from a group in a variety of places in France.

Pulling S. Dev is the first author and then Thomas Trian and Patrick Berger to co-coresponding

authors. And I thought this would be interesting because Amy works on rhino viruses and

rhino viruses are major contributors to induction of asthma.

So asthma, of course, is an airway disease.

Very common, 60-20% of Western European countries have asthma.

And viral infection of the epithelium in the bronchi has been implicated.

80% of asthma exacerbations in children and adolescents and 60% in adults.

And in each case, rhino virus was the dominant viral pathogen causing 60% of all virus

induced asthma exacerbations.

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