Effect of Yeast Selenium on CD4T Cell Count and WAZ Score of Non-institutionalized HIV Type 1 Positive Orphan Children at Orongo Widows and Orphans in Kisumu Kenya

Introduction There is evidence that strongly suggests that prevalence of HIV type 1 is linked to selenium (Se) deficiency in diet. HIV positive patients suffer extreme deficiency of Se and that of cystein, tryptophan and glulamine, which are components of enzyme glutathione peroxidase. As HIV replicates it depletes Se and the three amino acids. Evidence has emerged showing that HIV positive patients gradually become deficient of Se, which in turn compromises immune response to the infection (Baum et al., 1979).
Otieno S B Were F Afiillo A Waza K
Department of Public Health, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Department of Community Health, Kenya Methodist University, Nairobi, Kenya Kenneth Kaunda Children of Africa Foundation, Lusaka, Zambia
国际会议
苏州
英文
55-56
2011-10-23(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)