Sex hormones and immunity to infection / 
Sabra L. Klein, Craig W. Roberts, editors. 
 - Heidelberg ;  New York :  Springer,  c2010. 
 - x, 319 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sex differences in susceptibility to infection : an evolutionary perspective / Marlene Zuk and Andrew M. Stoehr -- Effects of sex steroids on innate and adaptive immunity / S. Ansar Ahmed, Ebru Karpuzoglu, and Deena Khan -- Sex steroid receptors in immune cells / Susan Kovats, Esther Carreras, and Hemant Agrawal -- Sex differences in susceptibility to viral infection / Sabra L. Klein and Sally Huber -- Sex differences in innate immune responses to bacterial pathogens / Jennifer A. Rettew, Ian Marriott, and Yvette M. Huet -- Sex hormones and regulation of host responses against parasites / James Alexander ... [et al.] -- Sex differences in parasitic infections : beyond the dogma of female-biased resistance / Galileo Escobedo, Marco A. De León, and Jorge Morale-Montor -- Progesterone, pregnancy, and innate immunity / Julia Szekeres-Bartho and Beata Polgar -- Pregnancy and susceptibility to parasites / Fiona L. Henriquez, Fiona M. Menzies, and Craig W. Roberts -- Sex steroids and risk of female genital tract infection / Patti Gravitt and Khalil Ghanem -- Sex, pregnancy, and measles / Allison C. Brown and William J. Moss -- Epilogue : challenges for the future / Craig W. Roberts and Sabra L. Klein. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783642021541 (alk.paper) 3642021549 (alk.paper) 9783642021558 (eISBN) 3642021557 (eISBN) 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>12188154 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009930390 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hormones, Sex.<br/>Sex differences.<br/>Immunity--Endocrine aspects.<br/>Infection.<br/>Autoimmune diseases.<br/>Gonadal Steroid Hormones--immunology.<br/>Immunity.<br/>Communicable Diseases.<br/>Sex Characteristics.<br/>Geschlechtsunterschied.<br/>Immunreaktion.<br/>Infektion.<br/>Sexualhormon.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Aufsatzsammlung.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>612.015 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WK 900  / S517 2010