PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 1 January 1971, pp. 120-123
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A Sex Difference in Immunologic Responsiveness

Richard H. Michaels M.D.1 and Kenneth D. Rogers M.D.2

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
2 Department of Community, Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Serum levels of E. coli hemagglutinins were found to be slightly higher in females in tests of 120 hospitalized infants age 6 to 14 months. The female antibody response to rubella vaccine was also found to slightly exceed the male response in each of 10 field trials, involving a total of over 15,000 children.




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