Open AccessVitamin D, tuberculin skin test conversion, and latent tuberculosis in Mongolian school-age children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled feasibility trial
Author(s) -
Davaasambuu Ganmaa,
Edward L. Giovannucci,
Barry R. Bloom,
Wafaie Fawzi,
Winthrop Burr,
Dulguun Batbaatar,
Nyamjav Sumberzul,
Michael F. Holick,
Walter C. Willett
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.112.034967
Subject(s) - placebo , tuberculin , vitamin d and neurology , medicine , vitamin , gastroenterology , tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , immunology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , alternative medicine
By modulating immune function, vitamin D might increase innate immunity and inhibit the growth of initial bacterial invasion and protect against tuberculosis infection.
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