Ana Gutiérrez-Cabrera and I have thought about gathering information to respond whether there is a gender bias in infection occurrence in humans in Latin America. Given the different roles men and women have in rural populations (with women more likely staying at home), such biases may arise. The potential causes of biases will be examined in this project. Anyone interested please let us know.
This is an interesting consideration. These studies are very useful to me, for the future understanding of gender inequality in infection with dangerous diseases.
Regards, Sergey
This is a very interesting question, although we don't Chagas disease in East Africa but we are seeing differences in diseases burden associated with different gender particular with mycetoma and malaria. These differences could be attributed to the social roles that influence the daily activities putting some at high risk of infections or due to the health inequity that give preferential treatment to one gender of the other in access to health services like the right in ownership and use of insecticides-treated bednets.
Therefore, gender-associated differences in diseases burden are very interesting research topic and worth a comprehensive investigation!
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