BACKGROUND: Low body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in
people without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but there are no prospective studies …

Juvenile channel catfish were fed egg-white-based diets with or without 20 mg supplemental
iron/kg from iron methionine for 13 weeks. Subsequently, fish from each treatment were …

Antibody responses to poliovirus, diphtheria, pertussis, or tetanus vaccine were compared in
five groups of infants. The 62 infants had been brought up on breast milk or on one of four …

Previous work in the authors' laboratory had shown that hens infected with Salmonella
enteritidis (SE) during the feed removal phase of induced molt shed significantly more SE …

Secondary sexual characters have been suggested to reliably reflect the ability of
individuals to resist debilitating parasites, and females may gain direct or indirect fitness …

Clinical and epidemiologic data point to a causal interrelationship between nutritional
deficiency and infectious illness. Both are major contributors to childhood morbidity and …

La variation saisonnière de la survie de la progéniture et du taux de recrutement chez les
oiseaux peut dépendre de la fonction immunitaire qui détermine la capacité des individus …

Copper deficiency was produced in C58 mice during perinatal development. Splenocytes
from six-week old copper-deficient and copper-sufficient mice were evaluated for their ability …

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) leads to an immune deficiency, which is now well
documented. Some investigators have suggested that the associated zinc deficiency is …

Nutritional assessment has been used in epidemiological surveys of diet-related problems,
evaluation of preventive or curative programs and policies, development planning, and as …