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Breast-Feeding Protects Infantile Diarrhea Caused by Intestinal Protozoan Infections Ekhlas Hamed Abdel-Hafeez, Usama Salah Belal, Manal Zaki Mohamed Abdellatif, Koji Naoi, Kazumi Norose Korean J Parasitol 2013;51(5):519-524. Published online October 31, 2013 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.5.519 Abstract PDF This study investigated the effect of breast-feeding in protection against protozoan infection in infants with persistent diarrhea. Infants were classified into 2 groups; 161 breast-fed infants and the same number of non-breast-fed infants. Microscopic examinations of stool were done for detection of parasites and measuring the intensity of infection. Moreover, serum levels of IgE and TNF-α were measured by ELISA. Cryptosporidium spp., Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar, Giardia lamblia, and Blastocystis sp. were demonstrated in infants with persistent diarrhea. The percentage of protozoan infections was significantly lower in breast-fed infants than that in the non-breast-fed infants. The levels of IgE and TNF-α were significantly lower in the breast-fed group than in the non-breast-fed group. There were significant positive associations between the serum levels of IgE and TNF-α and the intensity of parasite infection in the breast-fed group. It is suggested that breast-feeding has an attenuating effect on the rate and intensity of parasite infection. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by Selected Protective Mechanisms of Human Milk Against Intestinal Protozoal Infections in Infants Joanna Wróblewska, Anna Długosz, Marcin Wróblewski, Jarosław Nuszkiewicz, Paweł Sutkowy, Alina Woźniak Current Issues in Molecular Biology.2025; 47(8): 674. CrossRef Giardia lamblia risk factors and burden in children with acute gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan birth cohort Lester Gutiérrez, Nadja A. 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Clinton White Jr., Griselle Martinez-Traverso, Theresa Ochoa, Alejandro Castellanos-González The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2017; 97(3): 774. CrossRef Role of Eosinophils and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Interleukin-25-Mediated Protection from Amebic Colitis Zannatun Noor, Koji Watanabe, Mayuresh M. Abhyankar, Stacey L. Burgess, Erica L. Buonomo, Carrie A. Cowardin, William A. Petri, Alan Sher, Ralph Budd, Kris Chadee mBio.2017;[Epub] CrossRef Evolution of Socioeconomic Conditions and Its Relation to Spatial–Temporal Changes of Giardiasis and Helminthiasis in Amazonian Children B. M. Delfino, R. G. Campos, T. M. Pereira, S. A. S. Mantovani, H. Oliart-Guzmán, A. C. Martins, A. M. Braña, F. L. C. C. Branco, J. A. Filgueira-Júnior, A. P. Santos, T. S. Araújo, C. S. M. Oliveira, A. A. Ramalho, P. T. Muniz, C. T. Codeço, M. da Silva- EcoHealth.2016; 13(4): 743. CrossRef The Impact of the Milk Glycobiome on the Neonate Gut Microbiota Alline R. Pacheco, Daniela Barile, Mark A. Underwood, David A. Mills Annual Review of Animal Biosciences.2015; 3(1): 419. CrossRef Exclusive breast feeding in early infancy reduces the risk of inpatient admission for diarrhea and suspected pneumonia in rural Vietnam: a prospective cohort study Sarah Hanieh, Tran T. Ha, Julie A. Simpson, Tran T. Thuy, Nguyen C. Khuong, Dang D. Thoang, Thach D. Tran, Tran Tuan, Jane Fisher, Beverley-Ann Biggs BMC Public Health.2015;[Epub] CrossRef Noninvasive intestinal amebiasis Gayatri V. Nair, Easwaran P. Variyam Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases.2014; 27(5): 465. CrossRef Breastfeeding and risk of parasitic infection-a review Prameela Kannan Kutty Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine.2014; 4(11): 847. CrossRef 14,067 View 105 Download Crossref