Biological differences between the sexes and susceptibility to tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Nhamoyebonde, Shepherd ^a   Leslie, Alasdair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; immunity; male bias; sex hormones; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TH1 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

GENDER; IMMUNITY; MALE-BIAS; SEX HORMONES; TUBERCULOSIS;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, X-LINKED; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84903551024     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu147     Document Type: Article

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