Effect of malnutrition on serum and milk antibodies in Zairian women.
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
; 3(1): 37-41, 1996 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-8770501
ABSTRACT
Serum and human milk antimicrobial antibody titers were measured longitudinally in 17 malnourished and 14 control Zairian women during 6 to 18 months of lactation to test whether malnutrition is specifically associated with an impaired secretory antibody response. No decreases in total serum and human milk immunoglobulin concentrations, neutralizing antibody titers against rotavirus, or specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay antibody titers against rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae were detected when malnourished women were compared with control women. Malnutrition had no effect on circulating and secretory antibody concentrations in Zairian women. Daily human milk outputs, however, were about 30% lower in malnourished than in control women, resulting in a correspondingly lower ingestion of immunoglobulins by the children of malnourished women.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
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4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Leite Humano
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Anticorpos
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Distúrbios Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article