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July 12, 1951New England Journal of Medicine

The Relation of Sex, Pregnancy and Menstruation to Susceptibility in Poliomyelitis

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Why the study?

Do sex, pregnancy, and menstruation affect susceptibility to frank poliomyelitis?

Population

Individuals exposed to the poliomyelitis virus

Design

Other

Authors

LWLouis WeinsteinThomas Jefferson UniversityWAW. Lloyd AycockBoston UniversityRFRoy F. FeemsterMassachusetts Department of Public Health

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Implication

Sex and reproductive factors may influence poliomyelitis susceptibility; leaves open questions for sex-specific infectious disease research.

Structured PICO

Do sex, pregnancy, and menstruation affect susceptibility to frank poliomyelitis?

P
Population
Individuals exposed to the poliomyelitis virus
I
Intervention
Sex, pregnancy, and menstruation (risk factors)
O
Outcome
Susceptibility to frank poliomyelitis

This paper discusses the epidemiological factors of sex, pregnancy, and menstruation in relation to poliomyelitis susceptibility.

Cite This Study

Weinstein et al. (1951) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a9749788d49930fcc0980https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195107122450203
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