Nutrition, immunity, and infection /
Shetty, Prakash S.
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nutrition, immunity, and infection -- Immune systems : the defence mechanisms of the body -- Role of nutrients in immune functions -- Undernutrition, host defence mechanisms, and risk of infection -- Infections and undernutrition : causation and consequences -- Vitamin A deficiency and risk of infection -- Iron status and risk of infection -- Zinc deficiency and infections -- Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis -- 10.nutrition, immunity, and infections of infants and children -- Maternal nutrition, infections, and birth outcomes -- Nutrition, immunity, and infections in the elderly -- Nutrition, immunity, and chronic diseases -- Probiotics, prebiotics, and immunity -- Food allergy.
Malnutrition
Communicable diseases
Immunity