Malnutrition and Infection: Complex Mechanisms and Global Impacts

By U. Schaible, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann. PLoS Medicine, 2007

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The authors discuss current concepts and controversies surrounding the complex influences of malnutrition on infection and immunity, and point to practical consequences of countermeasures in acute malnutrition.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Hematology, Nutrition and Dietetics

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Citations in the corpus

• Malnutrition in Older Adults—Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges (2021, background): “Malnutrition-related protein catabolism and micronutrient deficiency have been prominently linked to the impairment of immune function [21], which is already affected in higher age.”