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Sex and Gender Differences in Infection and Treatments for Infectious Diseases
This book provides an overview of the underlying sex-based and hormone-based differences in immunity, wound healing and pharmacokinetics, while also exploring how pregnancy affects immunity. The second part of the book shows, for the first time in a single volume, the growing number of infectious di...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1 Genes hormones and immunity
- Sex difference in the immune response
- Sex chromosomes and immune function
- Sex and sex hormone mediated differences in wound healing
- Immunology of pregnancy and systemic consequences
- Sex differences in metabolism and pharmacokinetics
- Section 2 Infectious diseases and treatments
- HIV infection and responses to antiretroviral therapies
- Influenza virus infection and vaccination
- Hemorrhagic fever viruses and antiviral therapies
- Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment
- Respiratory bacterial infection and treatments
- Outcome of bacterial and viral infections and vaccinations in neonates
- Sexually transmitted bacterial infection in women
- Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment
- Protozoan and helminth infections and treatments.