Effects of zinc deficiency on immune fun
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Ananda S. Prasad
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Nutritional deficiency of zinc is widespread throughout the developing world. Zinc deficient subjects experience increased susceptibility to a variety of infections. Zinc deficiency in an experimental human model caused an imbalance between Th1 and Th2 functions. Production of IFN-โฅ and IL-2 (produc