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The role of nutrition in viral disease
1996-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Malnutrition has been associated with a decrease in immunefunction. Impairment of immune function may lead to increased susceptibiliy, to infection with viruses. Although there are many studies documenting the effect of host nutritional status on immunefunctions, fewer studies have examined the effect of host nutritional status on viral pathogenesis. This review examines the relationship between viral infection an...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3c3541dc-89ea-5146-b855-c5ba9bcfc3d6
- DOI
- 10.1016/s0955-2863(96)00132-5