New culprit for viral infections among elderly -- an overactive immune response

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 03:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that exaggerated responses of the immune system explain why the elderly succumb to viral infections more readily than younger people. The study bucks the general belief that declining immune responses are to blame for susceptibility to viral infections.

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