Immune response of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccinated elderly and its relation to frailty indices, nutritional status, and serum zinc levels

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Hamza, Sarah A ^a   Mousa, Shereen M ^a   Taha, Shereen E ^a   Adel, Lamiaa A ^a   Samaha, Hanan E ^b   Hussein, Dalia A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Immune response; Nutritional status; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MEMORY CELL; MOUTH DISEASE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DISEASE; VACCINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; ZINC;

EID: 84859003651     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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