The importance of zinc in normal immune function and of its deficiency in immune dysfunction has led to increased interest in its role in nutrition and immunity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection. Zinc deficiency produces reversible immune dysfunction, particularly of Tlymphocyte cell-mediated immunity. In developing countries where zinc deficiency is prevalent, zinc supplem...

INTRODUCTION Zinc supplementation reduces the severity, duration and recurrence of childhood acute diarrhoea. These beneficial effects of zinc in the treatment of diarrhoea led to the inclusion of a 10-14 days treatment regimen by the WHO/UNICEF. This study assessed the level of knowledge and use of zinc supplementation in the management of childhood diarrhoea among health care workers in publi...

Occurrence of zinc deficiency in adult sickle cell anemia subjects has been reported previously. Improvement in secondary sexual characteristics, normalization of plasma ammonia and serum testosterone levels, and reversal of dark adaptation abnormality and anergy following zinc supplementation to sickle cell anemia subjects have been observed. In this paper we report the results of a controlled...

in order to investigate the effect of different levels of zinc on some productive parameters of broiler breeder, an experiment was conducted with 300 hens and 40 roosters of ross 308 strain (40 wk old) in 12 week period in completely randomized design with 4 treatments, 5 replicates and 15 hens and 2 roosters in each replicate. treatments consisted of 4 different levels of zinc (80, 110, 140 an...

The clinical manifestations of zinc deficiency and anorexia nervosa are remarkably similar, and a number of studies have demonstrated that there may be a positive correlation between zinc therapy and the rate of recovery of anorexia nervosa patients. However, because of the different interpretations of the results of these studies, the use of zinc supplementation varies. This article examines t...

BACKGROUND Maternal zinc deficiency during pregnancy may be widespread among women in developing countries, but few data are available on whether prenatal zinc supplementation improves maternal and neonatal zinc status. OBJECTIVE We studied whether maternal zinc supplementation improved the zinc status of mothers and neonates participating in a supplementation trial in a shantytown in Lima, P...

OBJECTIVE In a zinc supplementation trial (with a significant impact on diarrheal morbidity), to evaluate effect of zinc supplementation on cellular immune status before and after 120 days of supplementation. DESIGN A double blind, randomized controlled trial with immune assessment at baseline and after 120 days on supplement. SETTING Community based study in an urban slum population. SUB...

Title: Effect of vitamin-D, zinc and copper supplementation in HIV-positive pregnant women and co-relation with CD4 countsa randomized double blinded placebo controlled study. Background: The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin D, zinc and copper supplementation in HIV-positive pregnant women and its c0-relation with CD4 counts. Methods: A total of 195 HIV-positive preg...

BACKGROUND Even though the WHO currently recommends zinc for diarrhea management, no consensus has been reached with respect to routine distribution of zinc for preventive reasons. We reviewed the health impact of preventive zinc interventions, and evaluated the relative cost effectiveness of currently feasible interventions. METHODS Using the latest relative risk estimates reported in the li...

OBJECTIVE: The present study was performed to compare the antioxidant effect of two different doses of zinc on lipid oxidation in type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted on 60 type 2 diabetic patients in Yazd Diabetes Research Center in 2008. The subjects were randomly allocated to receive Zinc sulfate (Iran, Alhavi) either ...