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Infectious Diseases and Gender: Focus on HIV Infection

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The acquisition, pathogenesis, and clinical features of infectious diseases are influenced by a complex combination of factors depending on environment, host genetics, and microorganisms. Biological sex, with a distinct genetic complement, hormonal profile, and behavioral and social contexts, is certainly an essential contributor to heterogeneity in clinical manifestations of many infectious diseases.

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinics of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum” University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Leonardo Calza

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  1. Bologna Transcultural Psychosomatic Team (BoTPT), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Ilaria Tarricone

  2. Center for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    Anita Riecher-Rössler

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Calza, L. (2019). Infectious Diseases and Gender: Focus on HIV Infection. In: Tarricone, I., Riecher-Rössler, A. (eds) Health and Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15038-9_26

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