Nutritional, Biochemical, and Functional Properties of Pearl Millet and Leaf Powder Composite Meal Powders.

This study sought to improve pearl millet's nutritional, functional, and biochemical properties through malting and fermentation. leaf powder (MLP) was used as a fortificant. Mixture design was used to find optimal proportions for each component that yielded a high protein and or low saturated fat content.

Does bacille Calmette-Guérin scar size have implications for protection against tuberculosis or leprosy?

Setting: Total population study in Karonga District, northern Malawi, in which the overall vaccine efficacy of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been found to be -7% against tuberculosis and 54% against leprosy.

Objective: To examine the relationship between BCG scar size and protection against tuberculosis and leprosy.

Design: Cohort study in which 85,134 individuals were screened for tuberculosis and 82,265 for leprosy between 1979 and 1984, and followed up between 1986 and 1989.