ReviewMicrobes and infection2010
Impact of aging on viral infections.
Review in Microbes and infection, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of Sex, Age, and Comorbidities with Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Intervirology · 2020Pooled it
- Impairment of non-muscle myosin IIA in human CD4+ T cells contributes to functional deficits in the elderly.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2012Trial
- Lysosomes and lysosomal dysfunction in ageing biology.Nature cell biology · 2026Review
- Urine as a complementary specimen for RT-qPCR detection of Oropouche virus.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Risk Determinants and Molecular Characterisation for Non-Primate Hepacivirus Infection in Turkish Horses.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study of Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma Incidence and Survival in the United States, 2000-2021.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2025Article
- Treatment with mitochondrial targeting antibiotics improves survival outcomes after Flock House virus infection in young and aged Drosophila melanogaster.Research square · 2025Article
- Host response to Aplysia Abyssovirus 1 in nervous system and gill.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2024Article
- Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 in Indonesia: Assessment of the role of sex and age.Narra J · 2023Article
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- Overview of COVID-19 mortality in Zoram Medical College, Mizoram: A hospital-based study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Chronic Disease and Other Determinants in Deaths Due to COVID-19 From a Health Protection and Promotion Perspective: A Retrospective Analysis.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2023Article
- Predictors of death among severe COVID-19 patients admitted in Hawassa City, Sidama, Southern Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Female reproduction and viral infection in a long-lived mammal.The Journal of animal ecology · 2022Article
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- Efficacy and Safety of Inosine Pranobex in COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Phase 3 Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Advanced therapeutics · 2022Article
- The aging immune system in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.Seminars in immunopathology · 2022Review
- Poly-γ-glutamic acid/Alum adjuvanted pH1N1 vaccine-immunized aged mice exhibit a significant increase in vaccine efficacy with a decrease in age-associated CD8Immunity & ageing : I & A · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Older people are more susceptible to a variety of viral infections, including those that induce respiratory disease, resulting in higher morbidity and mortality than younger people. Aging impacts both innate and adaptive arms of the immune system to impair control of viral infections. This review will summarize key findings on how aging impacts immunity to viral infection.
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