03093nam 2200589Ia 450 991044632240332120200520144314.01-282-75138-71-84593-724-49786612751387(CKB)2590000000000774(EBL)581367(OCoLC)664573054(SSID)ssj0000424361(PQKBManifestationID)12121954(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424361(PQKBWorkID)10474476(PQKB)11230930(MiAaPQ)EBC581367(EXLCZ)99259000000000077420091207d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNutrition, immunity, and infection /Prakash ShettyWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;Cambridge, MA CABIc20101 online resource (224 p.)Modular textsDescription based upon print version of record.0-85199-531-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Foreword; Glossary; 1 Nutrition, Immunity and Infection; 2 Immune Systems: The Defence Mechanisms of the Body; 3 Role of Nutrients in Immune Functions; 4 Undernutrition, Host Defence Mechanisms and Risk of Infection; 5 Infections and Undernutrition: Causation and Consequences; 6 Vitamin A Deficiency and Risk of Infection; 7 Iron Status and Risk of Infection; 8 Zinc Deficiency and Infections; 9 Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis; 10 Nutrition, Immunity and Infections of Infants and Children; 11 Maternal Nutrition, Infections and Birth Outcomes12 Nutrition, Immunity and Infections in the Elderly13 Nutrition, Immunity and Chronic Diseases; 14 Probiotics, Prebiotics and Immunity; 15 Food Allergy; Source Material; IndexInfectious diseases are an important cause of malnutrition. Recurrent infections increase the risk of malnutrition while poor nutritional status results in lowered immune status and predisposes to infectious disease thus propagating the vicious cycle of infection and malnutrition. The nutrition-infection-immunity axis is crucial for both developed and developing countries and is now a central feature of many nutrition and infectious disease courses. Bringing together nutrition and immunology, ""Nutrition, Immunity and Infections"" covers the topic in an accessible format for all students of nuModular texts.MalnutritionImmunological aspectsCommunicable diseasesNutritional aspectsImmunityNutritional aspectsMalnutritionImmunological aspects.Communicable diseasesNutritional aspects.ImmunityNutritional aspects.616.3/9079Shetty Prakash S873174MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446322403321Nutrition, immunity, and infection2121182UNINA