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An inherent T cell deficit in healthy males to C. neoformans infection may begin to explain the sex susceptibility in incidence of cryptococcosis
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis, causes ~ 181,000 deaths annually, with males having a higher incidence of disease than females (7M:3F). The reason for this sex bias remains unclear. We hypothesized that this disparity was due to biological differences betw...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-019-0258-2 |