HIV/AIDS Therapy

Zinc supplements reduce the frequency of diarrhea without an increasing viral load

Published in AIDS Weekly, December 12th, 2005

Zinc-deficient children living in communities where they do not receive adequate amounts of zinc from their diet should be given supplements, even if they are HIV-infected, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.

Previously, it was not known if zinc would speed up HIV disease progression in children by increasing their viral load. Zinc supplementation is known to decrease the frequency of diarrhea and pneumonia in uninfected children. The study was published in a recent issue of The Lancet.

"We set out to look at the safety and impact of zinc supplements in children with HIV....

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2005-12-12)

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