Analysing the protection from respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases early in life by human milk components: the PRIMA birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies support the protective effect of breastfeeding on respiratory tract infections. Although infant formulas have been developed to provide adequate nutritional solutions, many components in human milk contributing to the protection of newborns and aiding immune development still need to be identified. In this paper we present the methodology of the "Protecting against Respiratory tract lnfections through human Milk Analysis" (PRIMA) cohort, which is an observational, prospective and multi-centre birth cohort aiming to identify novel functions of components in human milk that are protective against respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases early in life.

Methods

For the PRIMA human milk cohort we aim to recruit 1000 mother-child pairs in the firs

SUBMITTER: van Stigt AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842741 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature