The effects of hormones on sex differences in infection: from genes to behavior.
By S. Klein. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000
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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology
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Citations in the corpus
- The X-files in immunity: sex-based differences predispose immune responses (2008, background): “In general, both the proportion of individuals infected and the severity of infection are higher in males than females for viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic disease”
- Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: A review of the evidence (2004, background): “These results are difficult to interpret because behavioural and genotypic factors might also differentially affect sex differences in immunocompetence and parasite exposure (Klein 2000).”
- Scent-marking displays provide honest signals of health and infection (2004, background): “However, the effects of testosterone on immunity are still understood (Klein, 2000).”
- Systems analysis of sex differences reveals an immunosuppressive role for testosterone in the response to influenza vaccination (2013, background): “Males experience a greater severity and prevalence of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections than females, who also exhibit a more robust response to antigenic challenges such as infection and vaccination (4, 5).”
- Blood parameters as indicators of physiological condition and skeletal development in great tits (Parus major): natural variation and application in the reproductive ecology of birds (2007, background): “Generally males tend to suffer more from parasitic infections and have reduced immune responses compared to females (Poulin 1996; Klein 2000; Zuk & Stoehr 2002; but see McCurdy et al. 1998).”
- The effects of sex and hormonal status on the physiological response to acute psychosocial stress. (2006, background): “Compared with women of similar age, men have a higher risk of arteriosclerosis (Kalin and Zumoff, 1990) and infectious disease (Klein, 2000), while women outnumber men for several autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis (Beeson, 1994;”