Laura asked if a mom never had rotavirus would the antibodies
be in her breastmilk.
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According to MOLECULAR VIROLOGY: Antiviral factors in Human Milk , tables
from La Trobe University School of Microbiology, found at
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/microbio/table2.html
Antiviral factors found in human breast milk to be active against rotavirus
include: Secretory IgA, IgG, non-immunoglobulin macromolecules, Mucin
(glycoprotein), Bifidobacterium bifidum, slgA + trypsin inhibitor and
gangliosides GM1-3.
It sounds like protection to me.
Lisa Boisvert-Mackenzie, Midwife
East Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean
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