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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | Cell & Bioscience |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-021-00624-2 |