Studies conducted to assess respiratory infections and illnesses in the COPSAC2010 (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010) and COAST (Childhood Origins of Asthma Birth Cohort Study) birth cohorts have shown that the CDHR3 asthma risk allele is specifically associated with RV-C illnesses [17]. The gene discussed is CDHR3; the disease is asthma.