Antibodies in Mother's Milk Protect Children Against Giardiasis

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 322 - 325
• Main Authors: Tellez, Aleyda, Winiecka-krusnell, Jadwiga, Paniagua, Margarita, Linder, Ewert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2003; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic - blood; Biological and medical sciences; Breast Feeding; Child, Preschool; Developing Countries; Diarrhea, Infantile - epidemiology; Diarrhea, Infantile - etiology; Female; Giardia lamblia - immunology; Giardiasis - epidemiology; Giardiasis - prevention & control; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Immunity, Maternally-Acquired - immunology; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Milk, Human - immunology; Nicaragua - epidemiology; Parasitic diseases; Parasitic diseases due to ciliates and flagellates; Prospective Studies; Protozoal diseases; Risk Assessment; Sampling Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Nicaragua; Human; Immunoprotection; Protozoal disease; Maternal origin; Antibody; Passive immunity; Parasitosis; Infection; Newborn; Giardiasis; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Child

The protective effect of anti-Giardia antibodies in mother's milk on the acquisition of Giardia infection in their children during the first 2 y of life was analysed as part of a prospective study on infant diarrhoea in a group of 307 mothers and children in Leòn, Nicaragua. Among 24 children a...