Relationship between protein-energy malnutrition, vitamin A, and parasitoses in children living in Brasília Relação entre desnutrição energético-protéica, vitamina A, e parasitoses em crianças vivendo em Brasília

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Maria Imaculada Muniz-Junqueira, Eduardo Flávio Oliveira Queiróz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002
• Subjects: Desnutrição energético-protéica; Vitamina A; Ferro; Parasitas intestinais; Ascaris lumbricoides; Hymenolepis nana; Giardia lamblia; Protein energy-malnutrition; Vitamin A; Iron; Intestinal parasitic infection; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822002000200002; https://doaj.org/article/19fa1551e73e4cb890dcbc4bebd024fd

It is still controversial whether intestinal parasitic infections can influence the nutritional status of children. The relationship between protein-energy malnutrition, vitamin A and parasitic infections was evaluated in 124 children. The food intake estimated by recall method was generally low and...