Published in Aging and Elder Health Week, August 26th, 2007
Study 1: "In this study we addressed the question of whether an underlying hematological malignancy may affect the immune response to vaccination against bacterial polysaccharide antigens (e. g. Haemophilus influenzae type b, Streptococcus pneumoniae) in splenectomized patients," investigators in Vienna, Austria report.
"Between 1993 and 2003, 44 splenectomized adults from the outpatient clinic for infectious diseases were prospectively included in the study: 23...
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