Breast milk parasite-specific antibodies and protection from amebiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Bangladeshi infants: A prospective cohort study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 988-992

  Korpe, Poonum S ^a   Liu, Yue ^a   Siddique, Abdullah ^c   Kabir, Mamun ^c   Ralston, Katherine ^a   Ma, Jennie Z ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^c   Petri, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cryptosporidium species; Diarrhea; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AMEBIASIS; BANGLADESH; BREAST MILK; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 84875024447     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1044     Document Type: Review

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