Comparison of respiratory syncytial virus humoral immunity and response to infection in young and elderly adults

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-226

  Falsey, Ann R ^a   Walsh, Edward E ^a   Looney, R John ^a   Kolassa, John E ^a   Formica, Maria A ^a   Criddle, Mary C ^a   Hall, William J ^b  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Elderly; Immunity; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0032839839     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<221::AID-JMV16>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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