The Changing Impact of Infections as we go through Life and Age

The young and old are susceptible to many infections. The changing pattern of disease as we progress in life has implications for treatment and prevention.

A lecture by Chris Whitty CB, Gresham Professor of Astronomy 22 May 2019

The very young and very elderly are particularly susceptible to many infections and for many infections, age will predict how likely someone is to die once infected. The immediate and long-term effects of an infection changes throughout our life course. Some infections which if caught as a child are usually relatively trivial are likely to be much more severe in young adults including mumps and chickenpox.

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