Why Females Do Better: The X Chromosomal TLR7 Gene-Dose Effect in COVID-19

A male sex bias has emerged in the COVID-19 pandemic, fitting to the sex-biased pattern in other viral infections. Males are 2.84 times more often admitted to the ICU and mortality is 1.39 times higher as a result of COVID-19. Various factors play a role in this, and novel studies suggest that the g...

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Main Authors: Anna E. Spiering, Teun J. de Vries
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/affeedb047b149a7b87d0b479f0d5ae1
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