Immune response to flu causes death in older people, not the virus, study suggests

Posted by on April 21, 2016 6:58 pm
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Death from influenza virus in older people may be primarily caused by a damaging immune response to flu and not by the virus itself, new research suggests. The insight could lead to novel strategies for combating flu in the most vulnerable patients, said the researchers.

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