1. Nature Usually Favors Females.
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Beasley, R. Palmer
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PUBLICATIONS , *HEPATITIS C virus , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *LIVER diseases - Abstract
The article presents information on the December 2005 issue of the "Journal of Infectious Diseases." The issue presents papers from 2 large multicenter studies of vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV). The studies are complementary and have largely similar findings. The most interesting observation from the European study is that HCV infection was twice as frequent among female than male infants. It is perplexing that the European investigators provide little information to help interpret the sex differences they observe and emphasize in the title of their paper.
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- 2005
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