Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2008Vol. 46pp. -
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Abstract
Infection and malnutrition have always been intricately linked. Malnutrition is the primary cause of immunodeficiency worldwide, and we are learning more and more about the pathogenesis of this interaction. Five infectious diseases account for more than one-half of all deaths in children aged