H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in men is associated with testosterone depletion

H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in men is associated with testosterone depletion

Very little is known about biological sex differences in influenza disease outcome. In 2013, avian influenza (H7N9) infections in humans have been reported with higher frequency in men than women. Here, Bai et al. report that low testosterone levels in men correlate with poor infection outcome. They...

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Main Authors: Tian Bai, Yongkun Chen, Sebastian Beck, Stephanie Stanelle-Bertram, Nancy Kouassi Mounogou, Tao Chen, Jie Dong, Bettina Schneider, Tingting Jia, Jing Yang, Lijie Wang, Andreas Meinhardt, Antonia Zapf, Lothar Kreienbrock, Dayan Wang, Yuelong Shu, Gülsah Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34500-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34500-5

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