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Incidence, aetiology and symptomatology of upper respiratory illness in elite athletes

Date

Authors

Spence, Luke

Brown, Wendy J

Pyne, David

Nissen, Mark

Sloots, Theo P

McCormack, Joseph G

Locke, A Simon

Fricker, Peter

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

PURPOSE: Upper respiratory illness (URI) is the most common medical condition affecting elite athletes. The aims of this study were to identify and evaluate the incidence, pathogenic etiology, and symptomatology of acute URI during a 5-month training and

Keywords

Keywords: adult; article; athlete; clinical article; competition; confidence interval; controlled study; cycling; disease severity; female; health survey; human; incidence; male; microscopy; nose smear; pathogenesis; polymerase chain reaction; respiratory tract dis Bacterial; Common cold; Exercise; Immune; Infection; Viral

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20607

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1249/mss.0b013e31802e851a

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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