Open AccessNeonatal vitamin A supplementation and immune responses to oral polio vaccine in Zimbabwean infants
Author(s) -
James Church,
Sandra Rukobo,
Margaret Govha,
Marya P. Carmolli,
Sean A. Diehl,
Bernard Chasekwa,
Robert Ntozini,
Kuda Mutasa,
Jean H. Humphrey,
Beth D. Kirkpatrick,
Andrew J. Prendergast
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/try126
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , poliomyelitis , micronutrient , poliovirus , vitamin , immunogenicity , pediatrics , immune system , physiology , immunology , virus , alternative medicine , pathology
Micronutrient deficiencies may contribute to reduced oral vaccine immunogenicity in developing countries. We hypothesised that neonatal vitamin A supplementation (NVAS) would improve oral vaccine responses.