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| Title |
A double blind randomized controlled trial in neonates to determine the effect of vitamin A supplementation on immune responses: The Gambia protocol
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| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-14-92 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Suzanna LR McDonald, Mathilde Savy, Anthony JC Fulford, Lindsay Kendall, Katie L Flanagan, Andrew M Prentice |
| Abstract |
Vitamin A supplementation significantly reduces all-cause mortality when given between 6-59 months of age, but has a null or detrimental effect when given between 1-5 months. Studies of neonatal vitamin A supplementation conducted across Africa and South Asia have produced conflicting findings. These age-pattern variations might result from immunological interactions between vitamin A supplementation and vaccines. Knowledge on the potential immunological sequelae of human neonatal vitamin A supplementation is so scarce that the foremost aim of this study is to seek indicative data on aspects of immunity likely to be affected by neonatal vitamin A supplementation. The objective of this trial is to test whether human neonatal vitamin A supplementation modulates immune function including improved thymic maturation in infancy and improved systemic immune responses to routine immunization. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 17% |
| Researcher | 18 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 36 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2014.
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#14,199,380
of 22,761,738 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#1,811
of 2,992 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#119,421
of 226,153 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#29
of 59 outputs
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