The evolution of sex-specific virulence in infectious diseases

Many infectious diseases are more likely to progress to serious illness or death in men than in women, which has been attributed to a stronger immune response in women. Here, the authors propose that pathogen transmission from mother to child favours the evolution of lower virulence in women, and ar...

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Autores principales:	Francisco Úbeda, Vincent A. A. Jansen
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2016
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:42aa9621a6c74bfa9493dc923ef0d2aa2021-12-02T14:40:11ZThe evolution of sex-specific virulence in infectious diseases10.1038/ncomms138492041-1723https://doaj.org/article/42aa9621a6c74bfa9493dc923ef0d2aa2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13849https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Many infectious diseases are more likely to progress to serious illness or death in men than in women, which has been attributed to a stronger immune response in women. Here, the authors propose that pathogen transmission from mother to child favours the evolution of lower virulence in women, and argue that the higher risk of HTLV-1 infection progressing to leukaemia in Japanese men is due to prolonged breastfeeding in Japan.Francisco ÚbedaVincent A. A. JansenNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
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description	Many infectious diseases are more likely to progress to serious illness or death in men than in women, which has been attributed to a stronger immune response in women. Here, the authors propose that pathogen transmission from mother to child favours the evolution of lower virulence in women, and argue that the higher risk of HTLV-1 infection progressing to leukaemia in Japanese men is due to prolonged breastfeeding in Japan.
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The evolution of sex-specific virulence in infectious diseases

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