Peter D. Sly
University of Western Australia
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European Respiratory Journal | 2012
Merci Kusel; Tatiana Kebadze; Sebastian L. Johnston; Patrick G. Holt; Peter D. Sly
Severe viral respiratory illnesses and atopy are risk factors for childhood wheezing and asthma. The aim of this study was to explore associations between severe respiratory infections and atopy in early childhood with wheeze and asthma persisting into later childhood. 147 children at high atopic risk were followed from birth to age 10 yrs. Data on all respiratory infections occurring in infancy were collected prospectively and viral aetiology ascertained. Atopy was measured by skin prick tests at 6 months, and 2 and 5 yrs. History of wheeze and doctor-diagnosed eczema and asthma was collected regularly until 10 yrs of age. At 10 yrs, 60% of the cohort was atopic, 25.9% had current eczema, 18.4% current asthma and 20.4% persistent wheeze. 35.8% experienced at least one lower respiratory infection (LRI) associated with fever and/or wheeze in first year of life. Children who had wheezy or, in particular, febrile LRI in infancy and were atopic by 2 yrs, were significantly more likely to have persistent wheeze (RR 3.51, 95% CI 1.83–6.70; p<0.001) and current asthma (RR 4.92, 95% CI 2.59–9.36; p<0.001) at 10 yrs. Severe viral respiratory infections in infancy and early atopy are risk factors for persistent wheeze and asthma. The strongest marker of the asthmatogenic potential of early life infections was concurrent fever. The occurrence of fever during respiratory illnesses is an important marker of risk for wheeze and asthma later in childhood, suggesting it should be measured in prospective studies of asthma aetiology.
Nature Medicine | 1999
Patrick G. Holt; Peter D. Sly
γδ T cells downregulate airways responsiveness to allergen challenge, possibly by controlling the repair response of the airway epithelium to αβ T cell-mediated damage (pages 1150–1156).
Allergy | 2007
T. A. Douglas; Merci Kusel; Elaine M. Pascoe; Richard Loh; Patrick G. Holt; Peter D. Sly
Background:u2002 The relationship between atopy and bronchial allergy in young children is not completely understood.
Allergy | 2007
T. A. Douglas; Merci Kusel; Elaine M. Pascoe; Richard Loh; Patrick G. Holt; Peter D. Sly
Background:u2002 The relationship between atopy and bronchial allergy in young children is not completely understood.
Archive | 2008
Guicheng Zhang; Julie Rowe; Merci Kusel; Anthony Bosco; Kathy L. McKenna; Nicholas de Klerk; Peter D. Sly; Patrick G. Holt
Archive | 2007
Patrick G. Holt; Katherine Mckenna; Anthony Bosco; Peter D. Sly
Allergy | 2006
Patrick G. Holt; Peter D. Sly; Graham Devereux
Archive | 2002
Grant Morahan; Dexing Huang; Mark Wu; Barbara J. Holt; Gregory P. White; Garth Kendall; Peter D. Sly; Patrick G. Holt
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis | 2009
Lauren S. Mott; Conor Murray; N. de Klerk; S. Stick; Sarath Ranganathan; Peter D. Sly
Archive | 2013
Martin J. Firth; Peter D. Sly; Patrick G. Holt; Anthony Bosco; Kathy L. McKenna; Catherine J. Devitt