Micronutrient interventions and HIV infection: a review of current evidence.
OBJECTIVE
To review the current evidence on the role of micronutrient supplementation in HIV transmission and progression.


METHODS
Literature review.


RESULTS
The importance of micronutrients in the prevention and treatment of childhood infections is well known, and evidence is emerging that micronutrient interventions may also affect HIV transmission and progression.


CONCLUSIONS
Interventions to improve micronutrient intake and status could contribute to a reduction in the magnitude and impact of the global HIV epidemic. However, more research is needed before specific recommendations can be made.
Friis
Henrik
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Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. h.friis@pubhealth.ku.dk
D019587:Dietary Supplements; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D019562:Viral Load
D018977:Micronutrients