Bini, Estela Isabel; Espinosa, Dulce Mata; Castillo, Brenda Marquina; Payán, Jorge Barrios; Colucci, Darío; Cruz, Alejandro Francisco; Zatarain, Zyanya Lucía; Alfonseca, Edgar; Romano Pardo, Marta; Bottasso, Oscar; Hernández Pando, Rogelio
(PLOS (Public Library of Science), 2014-04-14)
The relation between men and women suffering pulmonary tuberculosis is 7/3 in favor to males. Sex hormones could be a significant factor for this difference, considering that testosterone impairs macrophage activation and ...