Effect of Vitamin A Deficiency in Dysregulating Immune Responses to Influenza Virus and Increasing Mortality Rates After Bacterial Coinfections.
Rhiannon R PenkertAmanda P SmithEike R HrinciusJonathan A McCullersPeter VogelAmber M SmithJulia L HurwitzPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
Data showed that VAD dysregulated the immune response. Consequently, secondary bacterial infections were 100% lethal in influenza-infected VAD mice.