Childhood immunization programs have been suggested as an infrastructure to deliver vitamin A supplements to children in developing countries. The effects of giving vitamin A, a potent immune enhancer, with measles immunization to nine-month-old infants is unknown.A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial of vitamin A, 100,000 IU at the time of standard titer Schwarz measles immunization was conducted with nine-month-old infants in Bogor District, West Java, Indonesia. Antibody titers to measles were measured at baseline and one and six months following immunization.394 infants received measles immunization, and 37 infants (9.4
作者:R D, Semba;A, Akib;J, Beeler;Z, Munasir;D, Permaesih;S, Martuti
来源:Public health 1997 年 111卷 4期