Aging and Options to Halt Declining Immunity to Virus Infections

Immunosenescence is a process associated with aging that leads to dysregulation of cells of innate and adaptive immunity, which may become dysfunctional. Consequently, older adults show increased severity of viral and bacterial infections and impaired responses to vaccinations. A better understandin...

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Main Authors: Miguel Ángel Palacios-Pedrero, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Tanja Becker, Husni Elbahesh, Guus F. Rimmelzwaan, Giulietta Saletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.681449/full