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Autor:	F Kakar, M M Ahmad, A S Dil, F Q Siddiqui, S Akhtar
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Vitamin Serum vitamin biology business.industry Physiology General Medicine law.invention Clinical trial chemistry.chemical_compound Titer chemistry Randomized controlled trial law Humoral immunity biology.protein Medicine Antibody business Body mass index
Zdroj:	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 7:799-804
ISSN:	1687-1634 1020-3397
DOI:	10.26719/2001.7.4-5.799
Popis:	We tested the effects of vitamin A supplementation on the antibody titre of 40 healthy volunteers [age range: 10-35 years], who had received a complete course of antirabies vaccine [5 injections over 30 days]. After determining the baseline serum vitamin A status of 80 volunteers, 20 pairs were matched for serum vitamin A level, body mass index, age, sex and socioeconomic status. One person from each pair was randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The experimental group received vitamin A and antirabies vaccine. Controls received only the vaccine. The experimental group had significantly greater [2.1 times] serum antirabies titre than controls. This finding is an important step towards improving the economy of dosage of antirabies vaccines.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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