Host-pathogen interactions: Can micronutrients tip the balance?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1334-1337

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a   Ghattas, Hala ^a   Cox, Sharon E ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; IRON THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRULENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 34247875921     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.5.1334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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