Immune biomarkers predictive of respiratory viral infection in elderly nursing home residents.

To determine if immune phenotypes associated with immunosenescence predict risk of respiratory viral infection in elderly nursing home residents.Residents ≥ 65 years from 32 nursing homes in 4 Canadian cities were enrolled in Fall 2009, 2010 and 2011, and followed for one influenza season. Following...

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Main Authors: Jennie Johnstone, Robin Parsons, Fernando Botelho, Jamie Millar, Shelly McNeil, Tamas Fulop, Janet McElhaney, Melissa K Andrew, Stephen D Walter, P J Devereaux, Mehrnoush Malekesmaeili, Ryan R Brinkman, James Mahony, Jonathan Bramson, Mark Loeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183538?pdf=render