About this Research Topic
With the economic development and the improvement of people's life quality, the incidence of traditional infectious diseases is gradually decreasing, but the occurrence of infection is still very common. With the growth of the elderly population and the prolongation of the life span of patients with malignant tumors, pathogen variation and others, the number of people who are susceptible to pathogens continues to increase, infections remain the leading reason for morbidity and death in children under five globally, which has placed a huge medical and health care and economic burden on mankind, and its prevention and treatment will still be a long-term and arduous task. The individual dietary state has a significant impact on both host susceptibility to infectious illnesses and their outcome. According to available evidence, specific and aggregate dietary deficiencies can change a host's immune response and enhance infection susceptibility. In children from developing countries, the recurrent cycle of malnutrition and infection is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Nutritional factors are relatively controllable. Compared with drugs, surgery and other treatment methods, the application of nutrients is also relatively easier to be accepted by patients, with fewer side effects and beneficial effects on preventing infection. It is of great significance for our researchers to study the relationship between nutritional factors and specific infection as well as the mechanism of action.
This Research Topic aims to provide preventive and therapeutic measures against infection for human beings from the perspective of nutrition by presenting current and novel studies mainly on the relationship between nutritional factors and specific infection as well as the mechanism of action.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, and Perspectives on subtopics including (but not limited to):
• Association between nutrition and infection in humans
• The impact of nutrition interventions on the management of infectious diseases (e.g. measles, tuberculosis)
• Infections in undernourished children
• Enteral/Parenteral nutrition and infections
• Infection risk prediction model based on nutritional risk factors
This Research Topic aims to provide preventive and therapeutic measures against infection for human beings from the perspective of nutrition by presenting current and novel studies mainly on the relationship between nutritional factors and specific infection as well as the mechanism of action.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, and Perspectives on subtopics including (but not limited to):
• Association between nutrition and infection in humans
• The impact of nutrition interventions on the management of infectious diseases (e.g. measles, tuberculosis)
• Infections in undernourished children
• Enteral/Parenteral nutrition and infections
• Infection risk prediction model based on nutritional risk factors
Keywords: Nutrition; Infection; Host; Nutritional risk factors; Interventions
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