Protective effect of breast feeding against giardiasis and amoebiasis

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to throw light on the protective effect of human breast milk against parasites as G. lambia and E. histolytica. 50 stool samples of exclusively breast-fed infants were analyzed, 5 cases [10%] were infected with G. lambia and 3 cases [6%] were infected with E. histolytica. On the other hand by analysis of 50 stool samples of artificially-fed infants, 11 [22%] were infected with G. lambia, 14 [28%] showed infection with E. histolytica. Concentration of Ig[A] in human colostrum was [4.4 mgm/ml], while in mature milk samples was [2.1 mgm/ml]. Human milk leucocytes were nearly equal in both colostrum and mature milk samples