Cytomegalovirus impact on elderlies’ vaccination response

• Main Authors: Abdull Jalil, Mohd Asyraf, Mohd Yusof, Nazri
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/73540/1/73540_Cytomegalovirus%20impact%20on%20elderlies%E2%80%99.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73540/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Disease burden from the Malaysian elderly population is increasing as demographics shifts towards longer life expectancy. It is increasingly evident that immunosenescence is the central process in many age-related illnesses. Latent human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection had been shown to chang...