Demographic evidence of sex differences in vulnerability to infectious diseases

J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 15;211(2):331-2. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu448. Epub 2014 Aug 11.

Author

Michel Garenne¹

Affiliation

¹ Unité d'Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur UMI Résiliences, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France Medical Research Council/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases / immunology*
Communicable Diseases / mortality
Disease Susceptibility*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Survival Analysis
Young Adult