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CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 25, 期 4, 页码 523-528出版社
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2013.05.014
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- National Institute of Aging (NIA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [AG021600-2]
- Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Sante (FRQS)/Reseau Quebecois de recherche sur le vieillissement (RQRV)/NIA
The elderly population is more susceptible to infections with higher risks of morbidity and mortality. This is caused by the accumulation of immune defects with aging. The best way to protect people against infections is vaccination. Unfortunately, the same immune defects that render the elderly susceptible to infectious diseases also prevent the development of protective immunity following immunization. A good example of this is the influenza vaccine that only protects between 40 and 60% of the vaccinees over 65 years. In the past decade, tremendous efforts have been put toward improving the influenza vaccine for the elderly. We therefore use this example to present various strategies employed to overcome these age-associated immune defects and hence make vaccines more efficacious for the aged.
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