Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Khalid El Kari

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• Research Article
  Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Parasitaemia in Children from Different Breastfeeding Regimens Evaluated by the Deuterium Technique in Southern Benin
  Author(s): Yolande Sissinto-Savi de Tove, Aurore Ogouyemi-Hounto, Gilles Cotrell, Jules Maroufou Alao, Amoussa Waliou Hounkpatin, Tornyigah Bernard, Georgia Damien, Atikat Mama, Daniel Kintin, Paul Bankole, Adicatou Adeothy, Clemence Fassinou, David Adomahou, Lionel Adisso, Khalid El Kari, Clement Ahoussinou, Kouassi Marcellin Amoussou Guenou, Nama Gabriel Medoua, Adrian Luty, Tuikue Ndam Nicaise, Achille Massougbodji and Dorothee Kinde GazardYolande Sissinto-Savi de Tove, Aurore Ogouyemi-Hounto, Gilles Cotrell, Jules Maroufou Alao, Amoussa Waliou Hounkpatin, Tornyigah Bernard, Georgia Damien, Atikat Mama, Daniel Kintin, Paul Bankole, Adicatou Adeothy, Clemence Fassinou, David Adomahou, Lionel Adisso, Khalid El Kari, Clement Ahoussinou, Kouassi Marcellin Amoussou Guenou, Nama Gabriel Medoua, Adrian Luty, Tuikue Ndam Nicaise, Achille Massougbodji and Dorothee Kinde Gazard
  
  Studies on the health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and susceptibility to malaria have shown contradictory results. These studies often failed to account for dose response effects. The deuterium dilution technique was used to evaluate the breast milk intake, the amount of water from sources other than human milk and the exclusivity of breastfeeding. We determine Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia prevalence in children aged less than six month according to their breastfeeding regimen and maternal milk dose ingested in southern Benin. We conducted a cross sectional study in the Ouidah Kpomasse Tori-Bossito (OKT) health zone in southern Benin from February to December 2014, an intense transmission season. 115 mothers paired with their children aged from 0 to 6 months were enrolled. The daily human milk was measured through saliva of each mother and child pair (MCP) .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-891X.1000258

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