Infectious diseases are a major cause for morbidity and mortality in the older population.
Demographic changes will lead to increasing numbers of older persons over the next …

Immunosenescence is a process associated with aging that leads to dysregulation of cells of
innate and adaptive immunity, which may become dysfunctional. Consequently, older adults …

Background The safety and immunogenicity profile of COVID-19 vaccines when
administered concomitantly with seasonal influenza vaccines have not yet been reported …

Preserving good health in old age is of utmost importance to alleviate societal, economic
and health care-related challenges caused by an aging society. The prevalence and …

As the outbreak of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection is spreading globally, great
effort is being made to understand the disease pathogenesis and host factors that …

Influenza B viruses (IBV) can cause severe disease and death much like influenza A viruses
(IAV), with a disproportionate number of infections in children. Despite moving to a …

Influenza is a highly contagious viral respiratory disease that affects millions of people
worldwide each year. Annual vaccination is recommended by the World Health Organization …

Influenza is a highly contagious viral pathogen with more than 200,000 cases reported in the
United States during the 2017–2018 season. Annual vaccination is recommended by the …

Introduction Interventions to curb the spread of COVID-19 during the 2020–2021 influenza
season essentially eliminated influenza during that season. Given waning antibody titers …

Influenza exposures early in life are believed to shape future susceptibility to influenza
infections by imprinting immunological biases that affect cross-reactivity to future influenza …