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American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 3(11), 2023
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00010-23
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Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired Baseline Repertoire of Anti-Influenza Virus Antibodies
Journal article published in 2023 by
Marwa Abd Alhadi,
Lilach M. Friedman 
,
Erik A. Karlsson ,
Liel Cohen-Lavi,
Anat Burkovitz,
Stacey Schultz-Cherry ,
Terry L. Noah,
Samuel S. Weir,
Lester M. Shulman,
Melinda A. Beck,
Tomer Hertz
,
Erik A. Karlsson ,
Liel Cohen-Lavi,
Anat Burkovitz,
Stacey Schultz-Cherry ,
Terry L. Noah,
Samuel S. Weir,
Lester M. Shulman,
Melinda A. Beck,
Tomer Hertz
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Abstract
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality from influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. While vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza virus infection, our previous studies showed that influenza vaccines fail to provide optimal protection in obese individuals despite reaching canonical correlates of protection.