Why men become more sick with coronavirus than women
by editor · March 26, 2021
- The female sex hormone estrogen plays a role in the immune system. A new dissertation presented at Umeå University points at how.
- Men become significantly more sick than women with many infectious diseases, including Covid-19.
- “Nature has given women a certain innate protection against some serious infections”, says Peik Brundin, a doctor in infectious diseases and a doctoral student at Umeå University.
- Source Radio Sweden
