Taking a bite out of nutrition and arbovirus infection.

• Main Authors: James Weger-Lucarelli (Author), Heidi Auerswald (Author), Marco Vignuzzi (Author), Phillipe Dussart (Author), Erik A Karlsson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nutrition is a key factor in host-pathogen defense. Malnutrition can increase both host susceptibility and severity of infection through a number of pathways, and infection itself can promote nutritional deterioration and further susceptibility. Nutritional status can also strongly influence respons...