The study results aren’t concerning to infectious disease experts.
They point out that a stronger response from women to other vaccinations has been seen for years.
The reason?
Experts suspect that in women, particularly premenopausal women, the levels of estrogen help activate the immune response to illness and, therefore, to vaccines.
Men, on the other hand, have more testosterone, a hormone that can somewhat dampen or slow down the same response.
Simply put, women in general have a stronger response to vaccines because their bodies are quicker and stronger when it comes to activating what the vaccine introduces in the body.