"Viral Infections in the Elderly"

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews the article written by Mazen Bader and David S. McKinsey, "Viral Infections in the Elderly." The paper discusses the content of the article and the claims that it makes about treatment of infectious diseases. The paper also describes the perspective about the infectious diseases that the article takes and, finally, it looks at the scientific evidence that the authors present to support their claims.

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Authors
Type of Article
Introduction: What is the Article about?
Claims
A National or Global Perspective about the Infectious Disease
Supporting Evidence
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"One additional area it could have addressed is the availability of the chicken pox vaccine. Although this is usually given to young children, it might be interesting to note that if all of today's children are vaccinated against chicken pox, in the succeeding generations of elderly patients, at least this viral ailment could conceivably become part of our epidemiological past. Conversely, the new illness RSV is given very little attention, perhaps reflecting a lack of clinical data. Why this new illness has occurred, and if there is any current research into new drugs to treat the illness might have been interesting to address in brief."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bader, Mazen & David S. McKinsey. (2005, Nov). "Viral infections in the elderly." Postgraduate Medicine. 118.5: 45-54,

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