Sex differences shape the response to infectious diseases

PLoS Pathog. 2017 Dec 28;13(12):e1006688. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006688. eCollection 2017 Dec.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Communicable Diseases / etiology*
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Female
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / metabolism
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / etiology
  • Male
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / etiology
  • Research Design
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Sex Factors
  • Urinary Tract Infections / etiology

Substances

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones

Grants and funding

MAI was supported by funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme Marie Curie Action (PCIG11-GA- 2012-3221170). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.