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cord-329321-usqjkj89	Chakhtoura, M.	Myths and Facts on Vitamin D Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic()	2020-05-26		.txt	text/plain	2016	126	44	We examine the biological plausibility and evidence for a role of vitamin D in COVID-19 patients, and provide a framework for guidance on supplementation, based on a rigorous and systematic approach. The first investigating the effectiveness of vitamin D in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases reported that the strongest evidence was in reducing the risk of acute respiratory illness and influenza [38] . More recently, an individual patient meta-analysis of 25 trials, of over 11,000 participants, showed vitamin D supplementation to reduce the risk of acute respiratory infections, including viral, by 12% in all participants. Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Effect of Vitamin D supplementation to reduce respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Vietnam: A randomized controlled trial. Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data	./cache/cord-329321-usqjkj89.txt	./txt/cord-329321-usqjkj89.txt