Vitamin D insufficiency is common in Ugandan children and is associated with severe malaria.

Vitamin D plays an increasingly recognized role in the innate and adaptive immune response to infection. Based on demonstrated roles in up-regulating innate immunity, decreasing inflammation, and reducing the severity of disease in illnesses such as tuberculosis and influenza, we hypothesized that p...

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Main Authors: Sarah E Cusick, Robert O Opoka, Troy C Lund, Chandy C John, Lynda E Polgreen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113185