Published in IJCP January 2019
COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Micronutrient Bridge in Infectious Diseases and Its Immunological Role
January 14, 2019 | Shanmugam A
     


Nutrition plays an important role in child health. Nutrition is an exogenous factor which plays a vital role in metabolism and growth. Micronutrients are the nutrients, which help promote the immunological function and help in maturation and proliferation of T-cells and B-cells. Here, we review the role of micronutrients in infectious diseases and their essentiality towards the concept of immunology.