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Age–sex distribution of various diseases with particular reference to toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. K. A. Beverley ,
D. G. Fleck ,
W. Kwantes  and
G. B. Ludlam
J. K. A. Beverley
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, University of Sheffield
D. G. Fleck
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Tooting
W. Kwantes
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Swansea
G. B. Ludlam
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Leeds
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An account is given of some human diseases which affect one sex more than the other.

An age–sex relationship has been noted among British patients with acquired toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy. This is compared with the findings of other European workers.

A possible explanation is offered taking all these diseases into consideration together with some of the experimental work done in animals and some of the variations in immunological responses by man.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , April 1976 , pp. 215 - 228
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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