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Nutritional status and vitamin A and zinc levels in patients with kala-azar in Piauí, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition and kala-azar (or visceral leishmaniasis) are significant public health problems in different parts of the world. Immunity and susceptibility to infectious and parasitic diseases are directly linked to the host’s nutritional state, but little is known about the interaction...

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Autores principales: Monteiro, Mísia Joyner de Sousa Dias, da Silva, Maria Nauside Pessoa, Paiva, Adriana de Azevedo, Marreiro, Dilina do Nascimento, Luzia, Liania Alves, Henriques, Gilberto Simeone, Rondó, Patrícia Helen de Carvalho, Sene, Ingridi de Souza, de Almeida, Ana Tárcila Alves, Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery, Costa, Dorcas Lamounier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34495261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0800-2020