RESEARCH ARTICLE
Breastfeeding During Early Infancy is Associated with a Lower Incidence of Febrile Illnesses
Daniel H. Libraty1, *, Rosario Z. Capeding2, 3, AnaMae Obcena2, Job D. Brion4, Veronica Tallo5
1 Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA, USA
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 7
First Page: 40
Last Page: 41
Publisher Id: TOPEDJ-7-40
DOI: 10.2174/1874309920130621002
Article History:
Received Date: 01/04/2013Revision Received Date: 12/06/2013
Acceptance Date: 15/06/2013
Electronic publication date: 10/7/2013
Collection year: 2013
© 2013 Libraty et al.
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Human breast milk is known to contain immunoprotective, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory agents. In a prospective clinical study of dengue virus infections during infancy, we examined the correlation between breastfeeding and the development of febrile illnesses in an infant population. We found that breastfeeding status and the frequency of breastfeeding during early infancy was associated with a lower incidence of febrile illnesses.
Keywords: Breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, infant, fever.
