Sex and Gender Differences in Infection and Treatments for Infectious Diseases
- New York Springer c2015
- 400
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 diseases for which sex and gender differences are noted, identifies common as well as distinct mechanisms mediating these differences and illustrates how responses to treatments might differ between the sexes. The awareness that males and females differ in their response to specific pathogens as well as to treatments for infectious diseases may yield sex-specific personalized treatments. This book will be of interest to basic scientists and clinicians in the fields of microbiology, immunology and pharmacology. Individuals working in academia, government and industry will also benefit from the information presented.
Sex Differences in the Immune Response
Sex and Sex Hormones Mediate Wound Healing
Immunology of Pregnancy and Systemic Consequences
Sex Differences in Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
Sex Differences in the Manifestations of HIV-1 Infection
Griesbeck, Morgane (et al.)
Sex Differences in Influenza Virus Infection, Vaccination, and Therapies
Sex, Gender, and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
Gender Issues in Tuberculosis
Sex Differences in Sepsis Following Trauma and Injury
Sex Differences in Outcomes of Infections and Vaccinations in Under Five-Year-Old Children
Reproductive Tract Infections in Women
Sex and Gender Impact Lyme Disease Immunopathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Effects of Sex and Maternal Immunity on Protozoan and Helminth Infections
Epilogue: Future of Sex and Gender-Based Studies in Infectious Diseases