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Transmission of lymphocyte responsiveness to schistosomal antigens by breast feeding
- Source :
- Tropical and geographical medicine. 41(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- Fifty normal infants were evaluated for the influence of their feeding pattern on the mother-to-child transmission of lymphocyte responsiveness to Schistosoma mansoni antigens. Positive delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions (DTH) were observed in 56% of infants who were breast-fed by infected mothers. Two out of 20 formula-fed infants born to infected mothers had positive DTH. A positive DTH was detected in only one infant out of 15 breast-fed by schistosomiasis-free mothers. These results suggest that cellular hypersensitivity to S. mansoni antigen can - at least in part - be transmitted in the colostrum/milk of infected mothers to their infants.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00413232
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tropical and geographical medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........0580cfbe019fe6360f08c15d7194c2a5