Obesity Is Not Associated with Impaired Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in HIV-Infected Persons

Introduction. HIV-infected individuals demonstrate lower immunogenicity to the influenza vaccine, despite immunologic and virologic control of HIV infection. Obesity has been previously shown to be associated with diminished antibody responses to other vaccines in HIV-uninfected persons. However, no...

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Main Authors: Charitha Gowda, Noah McKittrick, Deborah Kim, Rosemarie A. Kappes, Vincent Lo Re, Pablo Tebas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:AIDS Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/653840
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