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Biological differences between the sexes and susceptibility to tuberculosis

Shepherd Nhamoyebonde1, Alasdair Leslie1

  • 1KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
|June 27, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Sex differences in tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility may be driven by biology, not just epidemiology. Sex hormones significantly impact immune responses, offering new insights into effective TB resistance strategies.

Keywords:
genderimmunitymale-biassex hormonestuberculosis

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