Sex Differences in H1N1 Vaccine
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Women's bodies generate a stronger antibody response to the H1N1 vaccine than men's do, so only half the vaccine may be needed to immunize them, according to an op ed piece in the N.Y. Times. "If we could give women a smaller dose, there would be more vaccine to go around," say authors Sabra L. Klein, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Phyllis Greenberger, president and chief executive of the nonprofit Society for Women's Health Research.Studies have shown similar sex differences in response to vaccines for yellow fever virus, measles, mumps and rubella, hepatitis A and B viruses and herpes simplex virus.
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