Factors determining immunological response to vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis virus in older individuals.

We performed a cross-sectional study including 533 individuals (median age 61) from the highly TBE endemic Åland Islands in the archipelago between Sweden and Finland. Blood samples, questionnaires and vaccination records were obtained from all study participants. The aim was to investigate if there...

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Main Authors: Pontus Lindblom, Peter Wilhelmsson, Linda Fryland, Andreas Matussek, Mats Haglund, Johanna Sjöwall, Sirkka Vene, Dag Nyman, Pia Forsberg, Per-Eric Lindgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4072701?pdf=render