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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 3, Issue 10, Pages 851-857Publisher
EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01443-5
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aging; immune system; immunosenescence; infectious diseases
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Infectious diseases are major causes, with malignancies, of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Increased susceptibility to infections may result from underlying dysfunction of an aged immune system; moreover, inappropriate immunologic functions associated with aging can determine an insufficient response to vaccines. Impairments of cellular, humoral and innate immunity in the elderly, contributing to increased incidence of infectious diseases, are discussed in this review. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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