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SUBMITTER: Lweno ON
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7081683 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lweno Omar N ON Sudfeld Christopher R CR Hertzmark Ellen E Manji Karim P KP Darling Anne Marie AM Fawzi Wafaie W WW
BMC research notes 20200318 1
<h4>Objective</h4>A recent trial of vitamin B12 supplementation among Indian children 6-30 months found no effect on the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory infections. These results differ with studies in adults that showed improvement of the immune response following treatment with vitamin B12. We sought to determine how the adequacy of vitamin B12 concentrations in breast milk could act as immune modulator and protect against the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory infections of children ...[more]