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Impact of lactoferrin supplementation on growth and prevalence of Giardia colonization in children.

Ochoa TJ, Chea-Woo E, Campos M, Pecho I, Prada A, McMahon RJ, Cleary TG

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Theresa.J.Ochoa@uth.tmc.edu

We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing supplementation with bovine lactoferrin versus placebo for the prevention of diarrhea in children. Comparison of overall diarrhea incidence and prevalence rates found no significant difference between the 2 groups. However, there was a lower prevalence of colonization with Giardia species and better growth among children in the lactoferrin group.

Published 10 June 2008 in Clin Infect Dis, 46(12): 1881-3.
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