Category: Infektionskrankheiten

Study: Infectious Diseases Nutrition and immune function in human immunodeficiency virus infection. Macallan DC Proc Nutr Soc 1999 Aug;58(3):743-8 The triad of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, nutritional status and immune function are intimately related, each factor having effects on the others. The dominant effect in this three-way relationship is the effect of HIV infection […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Micronutrient supplementation and immune function in the elderly. High KP Clin Infect Dis 1999 Apr;28(4):717-22 Immunologic function, particularly cell-mediated immunity, declines with age, contributing to the increased incidence of infectious diseases in the elderly. Nutrition may play a pivotal role in maintaining immune competence in older adults. Most studies to date have […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Viral characteristics of human papillomavirus infection and antioxidant levels as risk factors for cervical dysplasia. Ho GY; Palan PR; Basu J; Romney SL; Kadish AS; Mikhail M; Wassertheil-Smoller S; Runowicz C; Burk RD Int J Cancer 1998 Nov 23;78(5):594-9 Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the major causal factor of cervical intraepithelial […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Effects of vitamin E and C supplementation on oxidative stress and viral load in HIV-infected subjects. Allard JP; Aghdassi E; Chau J; Tam C; Kovacs CM; Salit IE; Walmsley SL AIDS 1998 Sep 10;12(13):1653-9 OBJECTIVES: The HIV-infected population is known to be oxidatively stressed and deficient in antioxidant micronutrients. Since in vitro […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases The health and nutritional status of schoolchildren in Africa: evidence from school-based health programmes in Ghana and Tanzania. The Partnership for Child Development. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1998 May-Jun;92(3):254-61 Surveys of the health of schoolchildren in Tanga Region, Tanzania and Volta Region, Ghana are reported. Two age groups of both […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Plasma ascorbic acid and beta-carotene levels in women evaluated for HPV infection, smoking, and cervix dysplasia. Basu J; Palan PR; Vermund SH; Goldberg GL; Burk RD; Romney SL Cancer Detect Prev 1991;15(3):165-70 The association of the plasma levels of the essential micronutrients, ascorbic acid and beta-carotene, with smoking and human papillomaviruses (HPV) […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Nourishing the HIV-infected adult. Rakower D; Galvin TA Holist Nurs Pract 1989 Aug;3(4):26-37 Malnutrition of protein, calories, and micronutrients can magnify the immunosuppression of HIV. The goal of nutritional therapy in the HIV-infected population is the maintenance of optimal nutritional status. This may not always be realistic because of the vast number […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Etiology of anemia in pregnancy in south Malawi. van den Broek NR; Letsky EA American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000 Jul;72(1 Suppl):247S-256S BACKGROUND: Anemia in pregnancy is a major public health problem in developing countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, such anemia is generally accepted as resulting from nutritional deficiencies, particularly iron deficiency. OBJECTIVE: […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Efficacy of a multi-micronutrient dietary intervention based on haemoglobin, hair zinc concentrations, and selected functional outcomes in rural Malawian children Yeudall F; Gibson RS; Kayira C; Umar E European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002 Dec;56(12):1176-85 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of enhancing the content and bioavailability of micronutrients in diets of stunted […] More

Study: Infectious Diseases Micronutrient antioxidants in gastric mucosa and serum in patients with gastritis and gastric ulcer: does Helicobacter pylori infection affect the mucosal levels? Nair S; Norkus EP; Hertan H; Pitchumoni CS Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 2000 Jun;30(4):381-5 Free radicals (FRs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of gastroduodenal mucosal inflammation, peptic ulcer […] More