Immune activation, smoking, and vaccine response

Mehwish Younas1, Fabrice Carrat, Corinne Desaint

  • 1aInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS UPR1142, Montpellier, France bINSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06 cAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Public Health Unit, Hôpital Saint-Antoine dSorbonne Paris Cité, AP-HP, CIC Cochin Pasteur, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris eInserm, F-CRIN, I-REIVAC, Paris fMontpellier University, Montpellier gImmunology Department, University Hospital, Nîmes, France. *Study group members are listed after the text. †OL and PC contributed equally to this work.

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|November 12, 2016
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