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Antimicrobial properties and microbial contaminants of breast milk — an update
Author(s) -
MAY JOHN T.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1984.tb00091.x
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial , breast milk , human breast milk , rubella virus , contamination , microbiology and biotechnology , human cytomegalovirus , rubella , virus , virology , food science , biology , vaccination , measles , ecology , biochemistry
A review of recent studies of antibacterial, antiviral and antiprotozoan factors in human breast milk is presented. Also reviewed are the microbial contaminants that have been detected in human milk with a particular focus on cytomegalovirus and rubella virus, both of which have recently been shown to infect infants via breast milk.