Sexual inequality in tuberculosis

PLoS Med. 2009 Dec;6(12):e1000199. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000199. Epub 2009 Dec 22.

Abstract

Olivier Neyrolles and Lluis Quintana-Murci review the evidence on why tuberulosis notification is twice as high in men as in women in most countries.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Disease Notification
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Female
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / genetics
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / genetics
  • Tuberculosis / immunology*

Substances

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones