TY - JOUR
AU - Fawzi, Wafaie W.
AB - 15 JUNE Correspondence References 1. Equils O, Hewison M. A role for vitamin D in placental immunology. J Infect Dis 2010; To the Editor—We read with great interest 201(12):1950–1951 (in this issue). 2. Mehta S, Hunter DJ, Mugusi FM, et al. Peri- the letter by Equils and Hewison [1] in natal outcomes, including mother-to-child reference to our article on vitamin D and transmission of HIV, and child mortality and perinatal outcomes, including mother-to- their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania. J Infect Dis 2009; 200:1022–1030. child transmission of human immuno- 3. Bodnar LM, Simhan HN, Powers RW, Frank deficiency virus (HIV), and child mortal- MP, Cooperstein E, Roberts JM. High preva- ity [2]. lence of vitamin D insufficiency in black and white pregnant women residing in the north- The authors noted that the women in ern United States and their neonates. J Nutr our cohort had far higher levels of vitamin 2007; 137:447–452. D than women in a study in the United 4. Friis H, Range N, Pedersen ML, et al. Hypo- vitaminosis D is common among pulmonary States had [3]. However, Tanzania, the set- tuberculosis patients in Tanzania but is not ex- ting of our study, 
TI - Reply to Equils and Hewison
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1086/652805
DA - 2010-06-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/reply-to-equils-and-hewison-H6lta59J77
SP - 1951
EP - 1951
VL - 201
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -