Sex and Gender Differences in Bacterial Infections

There is a growing awareness of the importance of sex and gender in medicine and research. Women typically have stronger immune responses to self and foreign antigens than men, resulting in sex-based differences in autoimmunity and infectious diseases. In both animals and humans, males are generally...

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Published in:	Infection and immunity Vol. 90; no. 10; p. e0028322
Main Authors:	Dias, Sara P, Brouwer, Matthijs C, van de Beek, Diederik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 20.10.2022
Subjects:	Animals Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Disease Susceptibility Female Humans Immunity Male Sex Characteristics Sex Factors bacterial infections gender differences sex differences
ISSN:	1098-5522, 1098-5522
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