Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: results from the MAL-ED cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding is known to reduce the risk of enteropathogen infections, but protection from specific enteropathogens is not well characterized.

Objective

The aim was to estimate the association between full breastfeeding (days fed breast milk exclusively or with nonnutritive liquids) and enteropathogen detection.

Methods

A total of 2145 newborns were enrolled at 8 sites, of whom 1712 had breastfeeding and key enteropathogen data through 6 mo. We focused on 11 enteropathogens: adenovirus 40/41, norovirus, sapovirus, astrovirus, and rotavirus, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Campylobacter spp., and typical enteropathogenic E. coli as well as entero-aggregative E. coli, Shigella and Cryptosporidium. Logistic regression was used to estimate the risk of

SUBMITTER: McCormick BJJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895209 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature