Impaired antibody response to influenza vaccine in HIV-infected and uninfected aging women is associated with immune activation and inflammation.

Aging and HIV infection are independently associated with excessive immune activation and impaired immune responses to vaccines, but their relationships have not been examined.For selecting an aging population we enrolled 28 post-menopausal women including 12 healthy volunteers and 16 HIV-infected w...

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Main Authors: Anita Parmigiani, Maria L Alcaide, Ricardo Freguja, Suresh Pallikkuth, Daniela Frasca, Margaret A Fischl, Savita Pahwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827419?pdf=render