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Effect of Vitamin A and Zinc Supplementation on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections Among Mexican Children

Kurt Z. Long, Jorge L. Rosado, Yura Montoya, Marı́a de Lourdes Solano, Ellen Hertzmark, Herbert L. DuPont, José Ignacio Santos

PEDIATRICS · 2007 · 76 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

We found that vitamin A and zinc supplementation was associated with distinct parasite-specific health outcomes. Vitamin A plus zinc reduces G. lamblia incidence, whereas zinc supplementation increases A. lumbricoides incidence but decreases E. histolytica-associated diarrhea.

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