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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2001-9-19
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A total of 152 infants were followed from birth to 1 year of age in a rural community of Egypt to document Giardia lamblia infection and to determine the effect of breast-feeding on enteric infections by this protozoan. Asymptomatic Giardia infections persisted as long as 4 months, with a mean duration of excretion of 7.18 weeks. The incidence of asymptomatic infection was 4.5 episodes per child-year. Exclusively breast-fed infants had lower risk for asymptomatic (odds ratio [OR] = 0.66, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.45-0.96, P < 0.05) and symptomatic infections (relative risk [RR] = 0.50, 95% CI = 0.27-0.90, P < 0.05). Furthermore, breast-fed infants had fewer clinical manifestations, including mucus in stool (23.8% versus 76.2%, P = 0.08), loss of appetite (17.6% versus 82.3%, P < 0.05), and abdominal tenderness (17% versus 82.9%, P < 0.05) compared with infants who were not exclusively breast-fed. Breast-feeding should be considered as an effective means to prevent Giardia infections and should be encouraged in regions where G. lambia is highly endemic.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Sep
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9637
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
65
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
257-60
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Antibodies, Monoclonal,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Antigens, Protozoan,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Breast Feeding,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Case-Control Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Diarrhea,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Educational Status,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Egypt,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Endemic Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Feces,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Giardia lamblia,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Giardiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Proportional Hazards Models,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Rural Population,
pubmed-meshheading:11561714-Social Class
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| pubmed:year |
2001
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Impact of breast-feeding on Giardia lamblia infections in Bilbeis, Egypt.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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