Daily preventive zinc supplementation increases the antibody response against pathogenic Escherichia coli in children with zinc insufficiency: a randomised controlled trial

Daily preventive zinc supplementation increases the antibody response against pathogenic Escherichia coli in children with zinc insufficiency: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Zinc deficiency impairs the antibody-mediated immune response and is common in children from lower-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the impact of different zinc supplementation regimens (7, 10 or 20 mg/day elemental zinc)—therapeutic dispersible zinc tablets (TZ), daily mul...

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Main Authors: Chidchamai Kewcharoenwong, Myint Myint Sein, Arnone Nithichanon, Aranya Khongmee, K Ryan Wessells, Guy-Marino Hinnouho, Maxwell A. Barffour, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Sonja Y. Hess, Charles B. Stephensen, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20445-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20445-8

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