BookDebbie L. Humphries, Marilyn E. Scott, Sten H. Vermund, editors.
Contents:
Part I: The Foundations of the Nutrition-Infection Nexus
Pathways Linking Nutritional Status and Infectious Disease: A Conceptional Framework
Core Principles of Nutrition
Primer on Immune Response and Interface with Malnutrition
Part II: Types of Infectious Diseases and Influences of Nutrition
Bacterial Infections and Nutrition: A Primer
Viral Infections and Nutrition: Influenza Virus as a Case Study
Nutrition and Protozoan Pathogens of Humans: A Primer
Human Helminth Infections: A Primer
Part III: Nutrition Issues During Major Infections: Case Studies of Nutrition and Infectious Disease
Nutrition and Diarrheal Disease and Enteric Pathogens
Nutrition in HIV and Tuberculosis
Nutrition and Arboviruses
Nutritional Frameworks in Malaria
Soil-Transmitted Helminths: Does Nutrition Make a Difference?
Part IV: Integration of Cross-Cutting Issues in Nutrition/Infection Interactions
Drug-Nutrition Interactions in Infectious Diseases
Co-infection and Nutrition: Integrating Ecological and Epidemiological Perspectives
Nutrition and Infections in the Context of Global Environmental Change
Public Health and Clinical Implications of Nutrition/Infection Interactions.