Browsing SPH Scholarly Articles by Author "Kawai, Kosuke"
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Predictors of change in nutritional and hemoglobin status among adults treated for tuberculosis in Tanzania
Kawai, Kosuke; Villamor, E; Mugusi, F.M.; Saathoff, E.; Urassa, W.; Bosch, Ronald J.; Spiegelman, Donna Lynn; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2011)BACKGROUND Patients with tuberculosis (TB) often suffer from profound malnutrition. OBJECTIVE To examine the patterns and predictors of change in nutritional and hemoglobin status during and after TB treatment. ... -
Role of selenium in HIV infection
Stone, Cosby A; Kawai, Kosuke; Kupka, Roland; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)HIV infection is a global disease that disproportionately burdens populations with nutritional vulnerabilities. Laboratory experiments have shown that selenium has an inhibitory effect on HIV in vitro through antioxidant ... -
Sex differences in the effects of maternal vitamin supplements on mortality and morbidity among children born to HIV-infected women in Tanzania
Kawai, Kosuke; Msamanga, Gernard; Manji, Karim; Villamor, Eduardo; Bosch, Ronald J.; Hertzmark, Ellen; Fawzi, Wafaie W. (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2010)We examined whether there are sex differences in the effect of vitamin supplements on birth outcomes, mortality, and morbidity by two years of age among children born to HIV-infected women in Tanzania. A randomized ...