In:
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 17, No. 3 ( 2010-03), p. 481-484
Kurzfassung:
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections occur frequently despite high rates of perpetual seroprevalence for all age groups. Analyses of ∼2,000 archived, randomly selected serum samples demonstrated that neutralizing capacities remain high, with a minor decrease for individuals over 69 years of age, leading to the hypothesis that reinfections occur because humoral immune responses play minor roles in the clearance of hMPV infections.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1556-6811
,
1556-679X
DOI:
10.1128/CVI.00398-09
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
American Society for Microbiology
Publikationsdatum:
2010
ZDB Id:
1496863-0