The effect of vitamin E on secondary bacterial infection after influenza infection in young and old mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1031, Issue , 2004, Pages 418-421

  Gay, Raina ^a   Han, Sung Nim ^a   Marko, Melissa ^a   Belisle, Sarah ^a   Bronson, Roderick ^b   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coinfection; Influenza; Pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA; LUNG INFECTION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14944346847     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1331.061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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