The objective of this program is to create a consortium of clinical sites that will perform deep phenotyping in 1500 babies, infants, and toddlers (0-2 years of age) with viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis, pneumonia and/or the pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS), and longitudinal follow up of participants for evidence of lung disease including asthma at age 4-5 years. Bronchiolitis, a condition unique to the young lung, is the leading cause of hospitalization for viral LRTI in 02-year-old children, including those born preterm....

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