Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and its effects on parainfluenza type 3 virus infection in cotton-topped marmosets
Year: 1974
Type: article
Abstract: This report describes a study on vitamin C supplementation against parainfluenza infection in an animal model. This is not available through the web, and is therefore made available here. "Recent studies suggest that increased amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) may increase resistance or after the clinical response of man to respiratory viral infections. To examine this question in a nonhuman primate, ascorbic acid was added to the diet of cotton-topped marmosets (Saguinus oedipus). Along with controls, these animals were inoculated intranasally with a strain of parainfluenza type III virus of marmoset origin. Increased amounts of vitamin C did not prevent virus infection or primary immunologic response in the animals, but it did delay onset of the disease, reduce clinical responses, and decrease mortality (57% vs 36%)."
Source: PubMed
Authors: Murphy, BL, Krushak, DH, Maynard, JE, Bradley, DW
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2189254669