Adenovirus 36 and its effect on vitamin D levels in obese and overweight patients

Conclusion: The frequency ofAd-36 Ab positivity was significantly higher in the obese group than in the overweight group. These results can be considered to shed a different perspective from previous reports in literature as only overweight and obese females were included. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to have shown that Ad-36 has the effect of elevating the Vitamin D levels.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research