Children under the age of five who live in sub-Saharan Africa 54 percent less likely to malaria after being given a high dose of vitamin A.
"Our study found that children who received vitamin A supplements are not too risky infected with malaria," said lead investigator, Maria-Graciela Hollm-Delgado, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Vitamin A appears to be protective in certain circumstances, including when administered during the rainy season, and when given to children who are older, such as reported Khaleejtimes, Wednesday (11/02/2015).
For this study, Hollm-Delgado and his colleagues analyzed data from four national surveys of sub-Saharan countries (Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Rwanda and Senegal) on more than 6,100 children aged between six and 59 months.
Researchers are exploring the possibility of a link between levels of malaria and some types of childhood vaccines and vitamin A supplementation of vitamin A found only able to protect this disease.
The researchers are not sure why vitamin A will reduce the rate of malaria infection, but they suspect it is because of vitamin A, which is known to boost immunity and improve the ability to fight infection, can help the body cleanse malaria parasites faster.
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