Back to Search
Start Over
Aflatoxin-Related Immune Dysfunction in Health and in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease
- Source :
- Clinical and Developmental Immunology, Vol 2008 (2008)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2008.
-
Abstract
- Both aflatoxin and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cause immune suppression and millions of HIV-infected people in developing countries are chronically exposed to aflatoxin in their diets. We investigated the possible interaction of aflatoxin and HIV on immune suppression by comparing immune parameters in 116 HIV positive and 80 aged-matched HIV negative Ghanaians with high (≥0.91 pmol/mg albumin) and low (
- Subjects :
- Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17402522 and 17402530
- Volume :
- 2008
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Clinical and Developmental Immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.35d67940a9b44c17b2dc2dd6f1e7d129
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/790309