Impact of Vitamin A on Selected Gastrointestinal Pathogen Infections and Associated Diarrheal Episodes among Children in Mexico City, Mexico

BackgroundThe overall effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrheal disease in community trials may result from its effect on specific diarrheal pathogens MethodsWe conducted a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of the prophylactic effect of vitamin A on gastrointestinal pathogen infections a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 2006-11, Vol.194 (9), p.1217-1225
Hauptverfasser:	Long, Kurt Z., Santos, Jose Ignacio, Rosado, Jorge L., Lopez-Saucedo, Catalina, Thompson-Bonilla, Rocio, Abonce, Maricela, DuPont, Herbert L., Hertzmark, Ellen, Estrada-Garcia, Teresa
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteria Biological and medical sciences Child nutrition Communities Diarrhea Diarrhea - drug therapy Diarrhea - microbiology Diarrhea - prevention & control Digestive system Double-Blind Method Escherichia coli Escherichia coli Infections - drug therapy Escherichia coli Infections - prevention & control Female Fever Gastrointestinal Diseases - drug therapy Gastrointestinal Diseases - microbiology Gastrointestinal Diseases - prevention & control Giardia lamblia Giardiasis - drug therapy Giardiasis - prevention & control Humans Infant Infections Male Medical sciences Mexico - epidemiology Pathogens Pharmacology. Drug treatments Placebos Prevalence Regression analysis Vitamin A Vitamin A - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	BackgroundThe overall effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrheal disease in community trials may result from its effect on specific diarrheal pathogens MethodsWe conducted a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of the prophylactic effect of vitamin A on gastrointestinal pathogen infections and clinical symptoms among 188 children in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 1998 to May 1999. Children 6–15 months of age were randomly assigned to receive either a vitamin A supplement (for children
ISSN:	0022-1899 1537-6613
DOI:	10.1086/508292