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Science 23 September 1983:
Vol. 221. no. 4617, pp. 1290 - 1292
DOI: 10.1126/science.6310751
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Science, Vol 221, Issue 4617, 1290-1292
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Human milk kills parasitic intestinal protozoa

FD Gillin, DS Reiner, and CS Wang

Giardia lamblia, a common pathogenic intestinal parasite of humans, was rapidly killed by exposure to normal human milk in vitro. The killing did not depend on secretory immunoglobulin A. Entamoeba histolytica, the dysentery amoeba, was also killed by normal human milk. Giardia-cidal activity cochromatographed with an unusual lipase that is present in the milk of humans but not of lower mammals. Human milk may play a protective role in infants exposed to this parasite.


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