Document 0020
 DOCN  M94A0020
 TI    [Vitamin deficiency in developing countries]
 DT    9412
 AU    Schubarth P; Hopital regional, Division de medecine interne, Delemont;
       Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut, Bereich Gesundheitswesen und;
       Epidemiologie, Basel.
 SO    Ther Umsch. 1994 Jul;51(7):510-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94353352
 AB    Vitamin A deficiency is frequent in the tropics. It causes
       xerophthalamia, which, in severe cases, can develop into corneal
       ulceration, keratomalacia and blindness and increases morbidity and
       mortality of infectious diseases in infants and children. Vitamin A
       deficiency can be reduced by the promotion of a nutrition rich in
       vitamin A, by fortification of food with vitamin A and by high-dose
       vitamin A supplementation. Other vitamin deficiency disorders are rare
       or occur only in limited areas or in disadvantaged people. In refugee
       camps, scurvy, beriberi, pellagra and xerophthalamia occur. Travelers
       from developed countries are rarely affected by vitamin deficiency
       disorders, if they eat regularly the large variety of fruits and
       vegetables usually available in tropical countries. Their vitamin stocks
       are anyhow sufficient for several weeks.
 DE    Adult  Africa  Avitaminosis/*COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Child
       English Abstract  Eye Diseases/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS  Nutritional Requirements  Refugees  Tropical
       Medicine  Vitamin A/THERAPEUTIC USE  Vitamin A
       Deficiency/COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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