How does cytomegalovirus factor into diseases of aging and vaccine responses, and by what mechanisms?

GeroScience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 261-271

  Aiello, Allison E ^a   Chiu, Yen Ling ^b,c   Frasca, Daniela ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic disease; CMV; Immunity; Socioeconomic; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VACCINE;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAILTY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MENTAL STRESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WELLBEING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMMUNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VACCINES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 85020499480     PISSN: 25092715     EISSN: 25092723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-017-9983-9     Document Type: Review

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