TY - JOUR
T1 - Exclusive breastfeeding and clinical malaria risk in 6-month-old infants
T2 - A cross-sectional study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
AU - Brazeau, Nicholas F.
AU - Tabala, Martine
AU - Kiketa, Landry
AU - Kayembe, Dyna
AU - Chalachala, Jean Lambert
AU - Kawende, Bienvenu
AU - Lapika, Bruno
AU - Meshnick, Steven R.
AU - Yotebieng, Marcel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life. However, the effect of EBF on malaria risk remains unclear. In the present study, 137 EBF infants and 358 non-EBF infants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo were assessed for fever and malaria infections by polymerase chain reaction, at 6 months of age. EBF was associated with a reduced risk of clinical malaria (odds ratio = 0.13; 95% confidence interval = 0.00-0.80), suggesting a protective effect of EBF against malaria.
AB - The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life. However, the effect of EBF on malaria risk remains unclear. In the present study, 137 EBF infants and 358 non-EBF infants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo were assessed for fever and malaria infections by polymerase chain reaction, at 6 months of age. EBF was associated with a reduced risk of clinical malaria (odds ratio = 0.13; 95% confidence interval = 0.00-0.80), suggesting a protective effect of EBF against malaria.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0011
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0011
M3 - Article
C2 - 27549632
AN - SCOPUS:84990176633
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 95
SP - 827
EP - 830
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 4
ER -
