Nutritional status and vitamin A and zinc levels in patients with kala-azar in Piauí, Brazil.
Mísia Joyner de Sousa Dias MonteiroMaria Nauside Pessoa da SilvaAdriana de Azevedo PaivaDilina do Nascimento MarreiroLiania Alves LuziaGilberto Simeone HenriquesPatrícia Helen de Carvalho RondóIngridi de Souza SeneAna Tárcila Alves de AlmeidaCarlos Henrique Nery CostaDorcas Lamounier CostaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2021)
Malnutrition was correlated with severe disease and was more prevalent in older people with kala-azar. Vitamin A deficiency was associated with hemoglobin and CRP. Zinc levels were reduced in patients with kala-azar.