Defining the mechanisms underlying reduced immunity to Streptococcus pneumonia with age

This thesis tested the hypothesis that immunosenescence contributes to reduced immunity to \(Streptococcus\) \(pneumoniae\). The effect of age on neutrophil and monocyte responses to \(S.\) \(pneumoniae\) and on CD4+ T cell polarisation during health, pneumococcal carriage and clinical pneumonia inf...

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Main Author: Goncalves, Mariana
Published: University of Birmingham 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.760466