Although cobalamin (vitamin B 12) deficiency was described over a century ago, it is still
difficult to establish the correct diagnosis and prescribe the right treatment. Symptoms …

This report on vitamin B-12 (B12) is part of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development
(BOND) Project, which provides state-of-the art information and advice on the selection, use …

There is a strong biological premise for including vitamin B12 with folic acid in strategies to
prevent neural tube defects (NTDs), due to the closely interlinked metabolism of these two …

Abstract Fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) mediates the inclusion of fucose in sugar moieties of
glycoproteins and glycolipids. ABO blood group antigens and host-microbe interactions are …

• The clinical picture is the most important factor in assessing the significance of results of
blood tests assessing cobalamin (B12) status because there is no “gold standard” test to …

Background: No consensus exists about which cutoff point should be applied for serum
vitamin B-12 (SB-12) concentrations to define vitamin B-12 status in population-based …

Background Mycobacterium africanum, made up of lineages 5 and 6 within the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), causes up to half of all tuberculosis cases in …

As infectious disease control programs achieve increasing success, further reductions in
child mortality in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) will require focused prevention …

Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older individuals. Circulating vitamin B12
concentration can be used to diagnose deficiency, but this test has substantial false positive …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified loci contributing to total serum
bilirubin level. However, no exome-wide approaches have been performed to address this …