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The Influence of Avitaminosis on the Course of Trypanosome Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. Fine
J. Fine
Affiliation:
Usher Institute of Public Health, Edinburgh University
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Recent research has shown that the term “anti-infective” applied to vitamin A is misleading and inaccurate. Harris (1933) has discussed the evidence which shows that vitamin A cannot be regarded as a general antiinfective agent: the actual relation of the vitamin to infection has been well defined by Cramer, who states (1930) that “an adequate supply of vitamin A is a powerful prophylactic against infections entering by mucous membranes, but there is no evidence that it can prevent or cure those infections which enter by the blood stream or by subcutaneous tissues.”

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 1934 , pp. 154 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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