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THE ETIOLOGY OF BERIBERI [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1912 InThe Journal, some time ago, there appeared an editorial comment 1 on the sanitary work incident to the construction of the Madeira-Mamore Railway, in the states of Amazonas and Matto Grosso, Brazil. I take it, therefore, that a brief description of this work would be deemed of interest to physicians. For this reason, and in order to give a side-light
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Outbreak of beriberi among African Union troops in Mogadishu, Somalia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: In July 2009, WHO and partners were notified of a large outbreak of unknown illness, including deaths, among African Union (AU) soldiers in Mogadishu.
John T Watson +10 more
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Revue medicale de Liege, 2007 We discuss the case of a 49 year old man who was admitted to the emergency department with acute heart failure. He suffered from severe alcoholism and malnutrition. His heart failure was of the high output type and the diagnosis beriberi, a disease caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency.
Moonen, Marie +4 more
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Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1073-1092, October 2025.Abstract Micronutrient uptake is impaired after pancreatico‐duodenectomy (PD) because of malabsorption, reduced absorptive capacity, and poor oral intake. Biochemical depletion is reported in cohort studies, but deficiency states are predominantly reported in case reports, making it difficult to assess occurrence rates.
Mary E. Phillips +3 more
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Beriberi, a Severe Complication after Metabolic Surgery - Review of the Literature
Obesity Facts, 2014 Background: The epidemic growth of morbid obesity has led to an increase in the number of bariatric interventions. During the distribution process of bariatric surgical interventions, the risk for severe nutritious complications such as bariatric ...
Christine Stroh +2 more
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Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 17, Issue 4, September 2025.ABSTRACT Atlantic salmon farming is faced with numerous environmental and production‐related challenges affecting fish health and welfare, globally and in Norway. An animal's requirement for a nutrient is the sum of the required supply of available nutrients for maintenance, growth, reproduction, health, and disease resistance.
Antony J. P. Philip +9 more
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Plant synthetic biology‐based biofortification, strategies and recent progresses
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 67, Issue 8, Page 1997-2004, August 2025.This mini‐review highlights fi ve synthetic biology strategies to boost crop nutrition and alleviate the ‘hidden hunger’ resulting from vitamin and nutrient defi ciencies. These approaches offer precise, sustainable ways to engineer nutrient‐rich plants, providing innovative solutions to global malnutrition through biofortifi cation.
Kai Wang, Zhongchi Liu
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 21, Issue 3, July 2025.Thiamine status of breastfed infants < 6 months of age is correlated with human milk thiamine concentration, which in turn is strongly correlated with maternal thiamine status in northern Lao PDR. Improving maternal thiamine status is important for the health and wellbeing of both mother and infant.
Sonja Y. Hess +9 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 6, June 2025.Summary We systematically assessed evidence of overweight and obesity prevalence, and possible determinants, in people who experience incarceration globally. We searched Embase, Medline, and Cochrane databases. Overweight and obesity proportions were pooled into a meta‐analysis and compared with national prevalences.
Leonida Nyarwaba Mosomi +3 more
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