Dietary selenium in adjuvant therapy of viral and bacterial infections

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-82

  Steinbrenner, Holger ^a   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^b   Dkhil, Mohamed A ^b,c   Wunderlich, Frank ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AIDS; Immunity; Micronutrient; Selenoprotein; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84920881400     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.114.007575     Document Type: Review

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