Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired Baseline Repertoire of Anti-Influenza Virus Antibodies

Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired Baseline Repertoire of Anti-Influenza Virus Antibodies

ABSTRACT Obesity is a risk factor for severe disease and mortality for both influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. While previous studies show that individuals with obesity generate antibody responses following influenza vaccination, infection rates wit...

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Main Authors: Marwa Abd Alhadi, Lilach M. Friedman, Erik A. Karlsson, Liel Cohen-Lavi, Anat Burkovitz, Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Terry L. Noah, Samuel S. Weir, Lester M. Shulman, Melinda A. Beck, Tomer Hertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
antibody repertoire
influenza vaccines
obesity
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00010-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00010-23

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