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COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-mediated antibodies in human breast milk and their association with breast milk microbiota composition

open access: yesnpj Vaccines, 2023
Newborns can acquire immunological protection to SARS-CoV-2 through vaccine-conferred antibodies in human breast milk. However, there are some concerns around lactating mothers with regards to potential short- and long-term adverse events and vaccine ...
Shilin Zhao   +20 more
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Immunology of breast milk [PDF]

open access: yesRevista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2016
Summary In the critical phase of immunological immaturity of the newborn, particularly for the immune system of mucous membranes, infants receive large amounts of bioactive components through colostrum and breast milk. Colostrum is the most potent natural immune booster known to science.
Palmeira, Patricia   +1 more
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Breast milk and infection

open access: yesClinics in Perinatology, 2004
Three viruses (CMV, HIV, and HTLV-I) frequently cause infection or disease as a result of breast-milk transmission. Reasonable guidelines have been pro-posed for when and how to avoid breast milk in the case of maternal infection. For other viruses, prophylactic immune therapy to protect the infant against all modes of transmission are indicated (VZV ...
Division of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center SW Archer Road, R1-118, Gainesville, FL 32610-0296, USA ( host institution )   +2 more
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Knowledge attitudes and practice of breastmilk expression and storage among working mothers with infants under six months of age in Kenya

open access: yesInternational Breastfeeding Journal, 2022
Background Expression and storage of breastmilk is a strategy that ensures continued breast milk consumption in the event of temporary separation of an infant from the mother.
Priscillah Wanini Edemba   +2 more
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The relationships between leptin levels in maternal serum and breast milk of mothers and term infants

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2021
Background Leptin in breast milk play a significant role in metabolic programming.Objective The aim of this study to evaluate the relationship between leptin levels in maternal serum and breast milk, and certain anthropometric measurements of infants and
Feray Çağiran Yilmaz   +1 more
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Herpesviruses and breast milk

open access: yesLa Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2014
Breast milk has always been the best source of nourishment for newborns. However, breast milk can carry a risk of infection, as it can be contaminated with bacterial or viral pathogens. This paper reviews the risk of acquisition of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpesviruses frequently detected in breastfeeding mothers, via ...
Pietrasanta C.   +7 more
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Breast Milk: Revisited [PDF]

open access: yesMayo Clinic Proceedings, 1998
Human milk has been shown to be the ideal source of nutrition for most growing infants. Its composition continues to be an active area of investigation. In several studies in preterm and term infants, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids were found to improve the maturation of visual evoked potentials.
A N, Lteif, W F, Schwenk
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BREAST MILK BANKS – THE WAY TO GLOBAL BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD

open access: yesНеонатологія, хірургія та перинатальна медицина, 2023
Breast milk is the standard of infant nutrition, recognized worldwide as the optimal fi rst source of food, and breastfeeding is the ideal way to feed children, meeting all their needs.
М. Малачинська   +4 more
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THE BREAST MILK PROBLEM. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1908
For several years many authors of pediatric text-books have been expressing the conviction that there exist between cow's milk and breast milk certain wide and unadjustable differences. There is a very gratify- gratifying tendency to place more and more stress on the importance of breast milk as an infant food, and to emphasize the fact that, lacking ...
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‘Milk of calcium’ in the breast [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2012
Milk of calcium in the breast consists of calcium deposits within microcysts, and it is found in 4–6%1 of all women undergoing mammography. It is important to recognise its characteristic features in order to avoid unnecessary biopsy (figure 1).2 Figure 1 Craniocaudal and medio-lateral oblique mammographic views showing a single cluster of ...
Filipe, Veloso Gomes   +2 more
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