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050 _aWC 503 .P59 2000
100 _aPiwoz, E.G|Preble, E.A.
245 0 _aHIV/AIDS and nutrition: a review of the literature and recomendations of nutritional care and support in Sub-Saharan Africa
260 _aWashington
_bSupport for Analysis and Research in Africa
_c2000
300 _ax, 54p.
500 _aExplains how malnutrition increases the risk transmission from mothers to babies and the progression of HV infection. Discusses how infection exacerbates malnutrition through attacks on the immune system and its impact on nutrient intake, absorption and utilization. It informs about the role of nutrition in HIV infection in an African setting describing overlapping processes that lead to weight loss and wasting inpoeple leaving with AIDS.
650 _aHIV|Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome|Nutrition Physiology|Child Nutrition Physiology
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_cBK
999 _c1894
_d1894