Sensitive to Infection but Strong in Defense-Female Sex and the Power of Oestradiol in the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Louise Newson (Author), Isaac Manyonda (Author), Rebecca Lewis (Author), Robert Preissner (Author), Saskia Preissner (Author), Ute Seeland (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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The incidence of SARS-CoV2 infections is around 15% higher in premenopausal women compared to age matched men, yet the fatality rate from COVID-19 is significantly higher in men than women for all age strata. Sex differences have also been observed in recent epidemics including severe acute respirat...