Challenges for vaccination in the elderly

The increased susceptibility of the elderly to infection presents a major challenge to public health services. An aging immune system is well documented as the cause of increased infection rates in elderly people. Such immunosenescence is multi-factorial and incompletely understood. Immunosenescent...

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Published in:	Immunity & ageing Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 9
Main Authors:	Aspinall, Richard, Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Effros, Rita B, Grubeck-Loebenstein, Beatrix, Sambhara, Suryaprakash
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 11.12.2007 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Aged Complications and side effects Health aspects Methods Review Vaccination United Kingdom
ISSN:	1742-4933, 1742-4933
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