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Alterations in early cytokine-mediated immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Tanzanian children with mineral element deficiencies: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Deficiencies in vitamins and mineral elements are important causes of morbidity in developing countries, possibly because they lead to defective immune responses to infection. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of mineral element deficiencies on early innate cytokine response...

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Autores principales: Mbugi, Erasto V, Meijerink, Marjolein, Veenemans, Jacobien, Jeurink, Prescilla V, McCall, Matthew, Olomi, Raimos M, Shao, John F, Verhoef, Hans, Savelkoul, Huub FJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-130