The vitamin B1 status among young Egyptian males in relation to infection with parasites.
Erythrocytic transketolase activity and thiamin pyrophosphate effect (TPP%) were used to define the nutritional thiamin status of an age stratified sample of 66 young males with parasitic infection. The results revealed that 6% of the control group were biochemically deficient in vitamin B1 compared with a percentage incidence of 42% among the parasitized subjects. Intestinal infection with Entamoeba histolytica, Hymenolepsis nana or with more than one parasite had the most depleting effect on the tissue thiamin status.
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National Research Center, Nutrition Department, Giza, Egypt.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004534:Egypt; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014174:Transketolase / Q000097:blood
D014174:Transketolase; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate