Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Toplak, Nataša
• Avčin, Tadej

Titel

Influenza and Autoimmunity

Ist Teil von

• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009-09, Vol.1173 (1), p.619-626

Ort / Verlag

Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Influenza infection can cause mild to severe illness and can even lead to death. The best way to prevent infection is vaccination against influenza. Complications of influenza infection are not only a consequence of acute infection but can also present as late autoimmune response. Influenza is not frequently implicated as a trigger for autoimmune diseases, but case reports of autoimmune adverse events have been published even following influenza vaccination. In this article we review published data on autoimmune diseases following influenza infection and vaccination. We also discuss immunity of influenza infection in connection to pathogenesis of autoimmune response and autoimmune disease.