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Fares Antaki,1 Daniel Milad,2 Simon Javidi,1 Ali Dirani3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC,…

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar el efecto de la Vitamina C protegida en concentrado de Cavia porcellus 'cuy' con exclusión de forraje sobre los parámetros productivos en etapa de crecimiento - engorde. 120 cuyes machos de genotipo…

There is an ongoing debate on the use of vitamin D supplementation in reducing the risk of influenza and COVID-19 infections and deaths. A recently published article highlights a relationship between vitamin D supplementation and reduced risk of…

Vitamin D has been claimed to be effective in the response to infections, including the respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is supposed that lockdown measures and fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection might reduce vitamin D levels through the…

The COVID-19 pandemic goes along with increased mortality from acute respiratory disease. It has been suggested that vitamin D3 supplementation might help to reduce respiratory disease mortality. We assessed the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency…

In a breastfed infant, the main source of vitamin D comes from the mother. Thus, maternal vitamin D deficiency is the key reason for vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and rickets during infancy. As they grow older, inadequate sun exposure, diet and lack of…

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency (VDD) are widely recognized as risk factors for respiratory tract infections. Vitamin D influences expression of many genes with well-established relevance to airway infections and relevant to immune system…