Humoral immunity to respiratory syncytial virus in young and elderly adults

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1684-1686

  Terrosi, C ^a   Di Genova, G ^a   Martorelli, B ^a   Valentini, M ^a   Cusi, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Elderly; RSV; Young

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MICRONEUTRALIZATION ASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449713650     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002593     Document Type: Article

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