Sex, immunity and influenza

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Gabriel, Gülsah ^a   Arck, Petra Clara ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender; immunity; influenza; pregnancy; sex

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

GENDER; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; PREGNANCY; SEX;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84903548436     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu020     Document Type: Article

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