Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Brazeau, NF; Tabala, M; Kiketa, L; Kayembe, D; Chalachala, JL; Kawende, B; Lapika, B; Meshnick, SR; Yotebieng, M
Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
October 2016
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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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
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EISSN
1476-1645
ISSN
0002-9637
Publication Date
October 2016
Volume
95
Issue
4
Start / End Page
827 / 830
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- World Health Organization
- Tropical Medicine
- Risk
- Plasmodium
- Parasitemia
- Mosquito Nets
- Male
- Malaria
- Infant
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Brazeau, N. F., Tabala, M., Kiketa, L., Kayembe, D., Chalachala, J. L., Kawende, B., … Yotebieng, M. (2016). Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95(4), 827–830. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0011
Brazeau, Nicholas F., Martine Tabala, Landry Kiketa, Dyna Kayembe, Jean Lambert Chalachala, Bienvenu Kawende, Bruno Lapika, Steven R. Meshnick, and Marcel Yotebieng. “Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95, no. 4 (October 2016): 827–30. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0011.
Brazeau NF, Tabala M, Kiketa L, Kayembe D, Chalachala JL, Kawende B, et al. Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2016 Oct;95(4):827–30.
Brazeau, Nicholas F., et al. “Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 95, no. 4, Oct. 2016, pp. 827–30. Epmc, doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0011.
Brazeau NF, Tabala M, Kiketa L, Kayembe D, Chalachala JL, Kawende B, Lapika B, Meshnick SR, Yotebieng M. Exclusive Breastfeeding and Clinical Malaria Risk in 6-Month-Old Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2016 Oct;95(4):827–830.
Published In
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
DOI
EISSN
1476-1645
ISSN
0002-9637
Publication Date
October 2016
Volume
95
Issue
4
Start / End Page
827 / 830
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- World Health Organization
- Tropical Medicine
- Risk
- Plasmodium
- Parasitemia
- Mosquito Nets
- Male
- Malaria
- Infant