… of the immune system triggered by aging, and address the effect of chronic viral infections,
effectiveness of vaccination of older adults and strategies to improve immune function in this …

… types of persistent viral infections, especially CMV, influence the aging of the immune
system and highlight potential measures to prevent the age-related decline in immune function. …

… The cell components of the immune system are capable of mounting nonspecific, … or viral
infection) and specific or ‘adaptive’ responses. Figure 2 illustrates the changes in the immune …

… Low selenium status has been associated with an increased risk of mortality, poor
immune function, and cognitive decline, while a higher selenium concentration or selenium …

… declining immune function with advancing age in an unselected population of elderly individuals,
many centenarians have fairly good immune … Influenza virus infection in the elderly has …

… This decline in immune responsiveness is a significant clinical problem because the elderly
become highly susceptible to infection and, … Immunological memory to viral infections. …

… To better understand acquired immunity to respiratory-syncytial-virus infections, we analyzed
… Immunity was measured in terms of failure to become infected or reduction in severity of …

… Later in life functionality of the immune system declines, a phenomenon known as
immunosenescence. Elderly have smaller B cell populations and their T cell populations have …

… In contrast to smaller, better-studied viruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), …
control of VZV infection than they do in some other viral infections (eg, HIV infection) [9, 10] …

… virus infection model to address the relationship between the naturally occurring age-associated
decline in … of aged mice to de novo influenza virus infection exhibited a markedly altered …