Why are children more resistant to mortality from severe infections?

Future Microbiol. 2018 Nov:13:1549-1552. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0221. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
No abstract available

Keywords: estrogen; influenza; puberty; sepsis; severe infections.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adaptive Immunity / immunology
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution
  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases / mortality*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune System / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / mortality*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / immunology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / mortality*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / veterinary