Titers of antibody to common pathogens: Relation to food-based interventions in rural Kenyan schoolchildren

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Siekmann, Jonathan H ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^a   Watnik, Mitchell R ^a   Nestel, Penelope ^b   Neumann, Charlotte O ^c   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^d   Peter, James B ^e   Patnik, Meeta ^e   Ansari, Aftab A ^f   Coppel, Ross L ^g   Gershwin, M Eric ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OMNI Research Project   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Specialty Laboratories   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Hepatitis A virus; Immune response; Kenya; Malaria; Micronutrient deficiency; Rotavirus; Schoolchildren; Supplementation; Tetanus toxoid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING SYNDROME;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0037214181     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.1.242     Document Type: Article

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