Sex Differences in HIV Infection.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Altfeld M; Department Virus Immunology, Leibniz Institute for Virology, Hamburg, Germany.; Scully EP; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. escully1@jhmi.edu.
- Source
- Publisher: Springer Verlag Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 0110513 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0070-217X (Print) Linking ISSN: 0070217X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Curr Top Microbiol Immunol Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0070-217X
Biological sex has wide-ranging impacts on HIV infection spanning differences in acquisition risk, the pathogenesis of untreated infection, impact of chronic treated disease and prospects for HIV eradication or functional cure. This chapter summarizes the scope of these differences and discusses several features of the immune response thought to contribute to the clinical outcomes.
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