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Vaccine responsiveness in the elderly: best practice for the clinic

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posted on 2023-07-26, 13:42 authored by Richard Aspinall, Pierre-Olivier Lang
The success of vaccines developed since the beginning of the 20th century, has enabled the conquest of several childhood diseases preventing death and or disability for millions of children. But, globally, the number of children will soon be surpassed by the number of adults over the age of 65. The active lifestyle of these older individuals, coupled with a degree of immune deficiency recognised within this population will lead to a change in the profile of diseases affecting the elderly. The challenge for policy makers and also those involved in primary healthcare is how to protect this population from communicable diseases and keep them healthy, autonomous and independent when vaccines in the main have been developed for use on children and young adults.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

13

Issue number

7

Page range

885-894

Publication title

Expert Review of Vaccines

ISSN

1744-8395

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Language

  • other

Legacy posted date

2015-12-07

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Medical Science (until September 2018)

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