ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2010
Breastfeeding protects against acute gastroenteritis due to rotavirus in infants.
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- When separation is not the answer: Breastfeeding mothers and infants affected by COVID-19.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Health Benefits, Potential Applications in Infant Formulas, and Pharmacology.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Heterogeneous susceptibility to rotavirus infection and gastroenteritis in two birth cohort studies: Parameter estimation and epidemiological implications.PLoS computational biology · 2019Article
- Rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause and rotavirus acute gastroenteritis before rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, 2010-2013.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Breastfeeding and Respiratory Infections in the First 6 Months of Life: A Case Control Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- Milk Oligosaccharides Inhibit Human Rotavirus Infectivity in MA104 Cells.The Journal of nutrition · 2017Article
- Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Potent Weapons in the Battle against Rotavirus Infection.The Journal of nutrition · 2017Article
- Dietary Human Milk Oligosaccharides but Not Prebiotic Oligosaccharides Increase Circulating Natural Killer Cell and Mesenteric Lymph Node Memory T Cell Populations in Noninfected and Rotavirus-Infected Neonatal Piglets.The Journal of nutrition · 2017Article
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- Importance of gut microbiota in health and diseases of new born infants.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- Association between Severe Dehydration in Rotavirus Diarrhea and Exclusive Breastfeeding among Infants at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2015Article
- Human milk oligosaccharides shorten rotavirus-induced diarrhea and modulate piglet mucosal immunity and colonic microbiota.The ISME journal · 2014Article
- Prevalence of rotavirus infection in children below two years presenting with diarrhea.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2014Article
- Management strategies in the treatment of neonatal and pediatric gastroenteritis.Infection and drug resistance · 2013Review
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Abstract
To assess whether breastfeeding protects against acute gastroenteritis (AGE) due to rotavirus (RV) infection compared to RV-negative AGE (RV-) in children age 0-12 months. Data from a community-based study of children with AGE from 30 pediatric practices in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria were evaluated. A case-control design was conducted with RV-positive AGE (RV+) cases and RV- AGE as controls. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using log-linear regression models adjusting for child's age, family size, number of siblings, child care attendance, and nationality. A total of 1,256 stool samples were collected from infants with AGE; 315 (25%) were RV+ and 941 RV-. Being breastfed in the period of disease inception reduced the risk of AGE due to RV+ (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.37-0.76). In infants 0-6 months of age, the protective effect was stronger (OR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.19-0.55) than in 7-12-month-old children. Our study adds to the evidence of a protective concurrent effect of breastfeeding against rotavirus infection in infants, particularly in children 6 months and younger. Breastfeeding is important to diminish rotavirus-related gastroenteritis in infants before vaccination can be introduced.
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