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Epidemiological evidence demonstrates increased morbidity and mortality in populations exposed to adverse psychosocial factors such as low socio-economic status and protracted psychological distress (Cohen and Herbert, Annu Rev Psychol 47:113–142, 1996; House et al., Science 241:540–545, 1988; Marmot, Lancet 365(9464):1099–1104, 2005; Schneiderman et al., Annu Rev Clin Psychol 1:607–628, 2005). While the data are clear, the precise mechanisms underlying these associations are yet to be determined (Antoni et al., Nat Rev Cancer 6(3):240–248, 2006; Cacioppo and Hawkley, Perspect Biol Med 46(3 Suppl):S39–52, 2003; Glaser and Kiecolt-Glaser, Nat Rev Immunol 5(3):243–251, 2005; McEwen, N Engl J Med 338(3):171–179, 1998; Uchino et al., Psychol Bull 119(3):488–531, 1996). We, and others, have argued that since increasing age is a major risk factor for a wide range of chronic diseases, the aging process itself may be an important target for such mechanistic research (Bosch et al., Brain Behav Immun 23(4):527–534, 2009; Nilsson, Med Hypotheses 47(1):39–42, 1996).
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Bosch, J.A., Rector, J.L., Turner, J.E., Riddell, N.E., o‘Hartaigh, B., Burns, V.E. (2013). Psychoneuromicrobiology: Cytomegalovirus Infection as a Putative Link Between Stress, Aging, and Immunity. In: Bosch, J., Phillips, A., Lord, J. (eds) Immunosenescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4776-4_6
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