Aging and respiratory viral infection: from acute morbidity to chronic sequelae

Abstract The altered immune response in aged hosts play a vital role in contributing to their increased morbidity and mortality during respiratory virus infections. The aged hosts display impaired antiviral immune response as well as increased risk for long-term pulmonary sequelae post virus clearan...

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Main Authors: Yue Wu, Nick P. Goplen, Jie Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Cell & Bioscience
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-021-00624-2