Impact of lactoferrin supplementation on growth and prevalence of Giardia colonization in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1881-1883

  Ochoa, Theresa J ^a,b   Chea Woo, Elsa ^a   Campos, Miguel ^a   Pecho, Iris ^a   Prada, Ana ^a   McMahon, Robert J ^c   Cleary, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOFERRIN; PLACEBOS;

EID: 46249112462     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588476     Document Type: Article

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