What is it about?
Human fertility, gender ratio and stillbirths all show on/off switching over time in response to a presumed infectious outbreak. The common herpes virus, cytomegalovirus, is probably involved via immune manipulation.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
These outbreaks also lead to changes in congenital abnormalities and are associated with increased admissions and deaths in the elderly, presumably via the same immune manipulation.
Perspectives
These outbreaks have a profound effect upon human health and in England alone create around £1billion of unanticipated costs. See http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf for a full series.
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Outbreaks of a Presumed Infectious Agent Associated with Changes in Fertility, Stillbirth, Congenital Abnormalities and the Gender Ratio at Birth, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2017, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/bjmmr/2017/32372.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
