Low-Grade Inflammation Is Associated with Susceptibility to Infection in Healthy Men: Results from the Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS)

Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen; Khoa Manh Dinh; Lise Tornvig Erikstrup; Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf; Ole Birger Pedersen; Erik Sørensen; Mikkel Steen Petersen; Henrik Hjalgrim; Klaus Rostgaard; Kaspar Rene Nielsen; Henrik Ullum; Christian Erikstrup

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164220

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Low-Grade Inflammation Is Associated with Susceptibility to Infection in Healthy Men: Results from the Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS)

Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen ,

* E-mail: kathrinekaspersen@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Khoa Manh Dinh,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Lise Tornvig Erikstrup,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Ole Birger Pedersen,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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Erik Sørensen,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Mikkel Steen Petersen,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Henrik Hjalgrim,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Klaus Rostgaard,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Kaspar Rene Nielsen,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Henrik Ullum,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Christian Erikstrup

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Low-Grade Inflammation Is Associated with Susceptibility to Infection in Healthy Men: Results from the Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS)

Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen,
Khoa Manh Dinh,
Lise Tornvig Erikstrup,
Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf,
Ole Birger Pedersen,
Erik Sørensen,
Mikkel Steen Petersen,
Henrik Hjalgrim,
Klaus Rostgaard,
Kaspar Rene Nielsen

Published: October 4, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164220

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