Age-Specific Sex-Related Differences in Infections: A Statistical Analysis of National Surveillance Data in Japan

• Nobuoki Eshima,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan

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• Osamu Tokumaru ,

  * E-mail: ostokuma@oita-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan

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• Shohei Hara,

  Affiliation Editorial Bureau, The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (newspaper), Osaka, Japan

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• Kira Bacal,

  Affiliation Medical Programme Directorate, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Seigo Korematsu,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan

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• Shigeru Karukaya,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Kiyo Uruma,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan

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• Nobuhiko Okabe,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toyojiro Matsuishi

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

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