Measles antibodies in the breast milk of nursing mothers.

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	ADU, F.D.	-
dc.contributor.author	ADENIJI, J.A.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-11T11:56:41Z	-
dc.date.available	2024-07-11T11:56:41Z	-
dc.date.issued	1995-12	-
dc.identifier.issn	1116-4077	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/2105	-
dc.description	Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	A total of 216 breast milk samples collected from nursing mothers and corresponding numbers of finger prick sera from their suckling babies were tested for measles antibodies. Fifty (22.1%) of the nursing mothers had antibody while 38 (16.8%) of the sera were positive for measles haemagglutinating (HI) antibodies. Forty-one (18.9%) breast milk samples were found to contain measles complement fixing (CF) antibody while none of the serum samples from the suckling babies had CF antibody. Only 12 of the positive sera were from HI positive mothers. Our result suggests that very little level of measles anitbody is passed through the breast milk.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	College of Medicine	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	SPECTRUM BOOKS LIMITED.	en_US
dc.subject	Measles	en_US
dc.subject	antibodies	en_US
dc.subject	breast	en_US
dc.subject	nursing	en_US
dc.title	Measles antibodies in the breast milk of nursing mothers.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
Appears in Collections:	African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

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