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We hypothesized that supplementation of interferon gamma (IFN- \u03b3 ) during viral illness would alter the inflammatory response and attenuate the postviral sequelae. Weanling rats were treated daily with aerosolized interferon gamma (IFN- \u03b3 ), from 2 d prior through 7 d after inoculation, and compared with saline-treated infected rats and with noninfected control rats. The IFN- \u03b3 treatment had no significant effect on viral titers, growth retardation, or total bronchoalveolar leukocytes, but there was a slight decrease in lung interleukin-4 (IL-4) mRNA (p = 0.015) during the first week. Despite having minimal effects on the acute illness, the IFN- \u03b3 had marked effects on postviral sequelae, the IFN- \u03b3 group having less bronchiolar inflammation (p = 0.025) and fibrosis (p = 0.01), and lacking abnormalities in pulmonary resistance (p = 0.028) and dynamic compliance (p = 0.006) compared with the untreated postviral group. We conclude that IFN- \u03b3 modulated the inflammatory response to viral illness, such that acute airway injury did not evolve into chronic airway dysfunction. 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