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Sex differences in the C57BL/6 model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Globally, tuberculosis (Tb) notification data show a male-to-female ratio of 1.7 and higher, but the underlying reasons for the male bias remain elusive. Despite the well-known gender bias in human pulmonary Tb, a majority of experimental animal studies either do not separate and analyze data by sex...

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Autores principales: Dibbern, Jannike, Eggers, Lars, Schneider, Bianca E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28887521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11438-z