Host gender in parasitic infections of mammals: An evaluation of the female host supremacy paradigm

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-546

  Morales Montor, J ^a   Chavarria, A ^a   De Leon M A ^a   Del Castillo, L I ^a   Escobedo, E G ^a   Sanchez E N ^a   Vargas, J A ^a   Hernandez Flores M ^a   Romo Gonzalez T ^a,b   Larralde, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE;

HORMONE; HOST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMAL; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CYSTICERCOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMALS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARASITIC DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 3142685067     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-113R3     Document Type: Review

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