Optimising vaccine immunogenicity in ageing populations: key strategies

Guangzhen Jiang1, Yushu Zou2, Dongyu Zhao2

  • 1Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou International Bio Island, Guangzhou, China; School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

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