Breastfeeding During Early Infancy is Associated with a Lower Incidence of Febrile Illnesses

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Authors
Libraty, Daniel H.
Capeding, Rosario Z.
Obcena, Anamae
Brion, Job D.
Tallo, Veronica
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2013-06-24
Keywords
Breastfeeding
bottle-feeding
fever
infant
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Infectious Disease
International Public Health
Maternal and Child Health
Pediatrics

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Abstract
Human breast milk is known to contain immunoprotective, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory agents. In a prospective clinical study of dengue virus infections during infancy, we examined the correlation between breastfeeding and the development of febrile illnesses in an infant population. We found that breastfeeding status and the frequency of breastfeeding during early infancy was associated with a lower incidence of febrile illnesses.
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Libraty DH, Capeding RZ, Obcena A, Brion JD, Tallo V. Breastfeeding During Early Infancy is Associated with a Lower Incidence of Febrile Illnesses. Open Pediatr Med Journal. 2013 Jun 24;7:40-41. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.2174/1874309920130621002
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30153
PubMed ID
24465289
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Copyright Libraty et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/ 3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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