The effects of infant feeding on rotavirus-induced gastroenteritis

A prospective study

Bibliographic Data

ID11033471
AuthorsLinda C Duffy, T Byers, T E Byers, M Riepenhoff-Talty, L J La Scolea, M Zielezny, Pearay L Ogra
Year1986
Volume76
Issue3
Pages259-263
Publication date1986-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.76.3.259
PMID3004238
OpenAlexW2127986376
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

The relationship between feeding method and risk of rotavirus infection was studied by following a cohort of 197 infants from low income households through the winter diarrhea season of 1983-84. Fecal specimens were systematically collected and tested for the presence of rotavirus particles by electron microscopy, confirmed by ELISA. The attack rates of rotavirus gastroenteritis were similar for breast-fed and bottle-fed infants (20 per cent, 17 per cent, respectively); however, the clinical course of rotavirus gastroenteritis was quite different. Infants who were breast-fed had illnesses which were characterized by milder symptoms of shorter duration. Of the 10 breast-fed infants who acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis, nine (90 per cent) were classified as mild illnesses while of the 25 bottle-fed infants who acquired rotavirus gastroenteritis, only nine (36 per cent) were classified as having mild illnesses. These data suggest that factors associated with breast-feeding, although not affecting rotavirus infection rates, may moderate the clinical course of rotavirus gastroenteritis

Biology · Breast feeding · Diarrhea · Feces · Prospective cohort study · Rotavirus · Rotavirus gastroenteritis · Rotavirus Infections · Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Microbiology · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Pediatrics

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