Presence of common infection—cytomegalovirus—helps to explain increased other virus susceptibility in aging adults

(Medical Xpress)—The first experimental proof that long-term infection with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, may impair the aging immune system's response to unrelated viruses – such as West Nile or the flu – has been published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.

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