Transient immunodepression.
Depression of the immune system frequently occurs in the neonatal period, in old age, during pregnancy, transiently after surgery, in viral infections, in malnutrition and during 'stress'. The observed changes in immunological indices and the evidence that these may lead to clinical infection on occasion are reviewed.
Verhoef
J
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy