TY - BOOK ID - 4864581 TI - Sex and Gender Differences in Infection and Treatments for Infectious Diseases AU - Klein, Sabra L. AU - Roberts, Craig W. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319164380 3319164376 9783319164373 3319164384 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Biomedicine. KW - Immunology. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Microbiology. KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology. KW - Medicine. KW - Toxicology. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Médecine KW - Immunologie KW - Toxicologie KW - Maladies infectieuses émergentes KW - Microbiologie KW - Communicable diseases -- Sex factors. KW - Communicable diseases -- Treatment -- Sex factors. KW - Microbiology & Immunology KW - Biology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Communicable diseases KW - Treatment KW - Sex factors. KW - Contagion and contagious diseases KW - Contagious diseases KW - Infectious diseases KW - Microbial diseases in human beings KW - Zymotic diseases KW - Pharmacology. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Diseases KW - Infection KW - Epidemics KW - Chemicals KW - Medicine KW - Pharmacology KW - Poisoning KW - Poisons KW - Microbial biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Immunobiology KW - Life sciences KW - Serology KW - Toxicology KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemotherapy KW - Drugs KW - Pharmacy KW - Physiological effect UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4864581 AB - This book provides an overview of the underlying sex-based and hormone-based differences in immunity, wound healing and pharmacokinetics, while also exploring how pregnancy affects immunity. The second part of the book shows, for the first time in a single volume, the growing number of infectious diseases for which sex and gender differences are noted, identifies common as well as distinct mechanisms mediating these differences and illustrates how responses to treatments might differ between the sexes. The awareness that males and females differ in their response to specific pathogens as well as to treatments for infectious diseases may yield sex-specific personalized treatments. This book will be of interest to basic scientists and clinicians in the fields of microbiology, immunology and pharmacology. Individuals working in academia, government and industry will also benefit from the information presented. ER -