Novel Intervention in the Aging Population: A Primary Meningococcal Vaccine Inducing Protective IgM Responses in Middle-Aged Adults

Novel Intervention in the Aging Population: A Primary Meningococcal Vaccine Inducing Protective IgM Responses in Middle-Aged Adults

IntroductionVaccine responses are often reduced in the elderly, leaving part of the elderly population vulnerable to infectious diseases. Timely vaccination may offer a solution for strengthening memory immunity before reaching old age, which classifies middle-aged persons as a target age group for...

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Main Authors: Marieke van der Heiden, Annemieke M. H. Boots, Axel A. Bonacic Marinovic, Lia G. H. de Rond, Marjan van Maurik, Irina Tcherniaeva, Guy A. M. Berbers, Anne-Marie Buisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
immunosenescence
aging
middle-aged
primary immunization
IgM
de novo antigens
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00817/full

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