| [acute gastroenteritis and breast feeding in gabon. preliminary results]. | 76 diarrheic infants (from 15 days to 2 years) had a stool examination for rotavirus (elisa method) and a stool culture and were classified according to breast feeding or not. this study was performed in a semi-urban region (haut-ogooué, gabon). the preliminary results suggest a protection by breast feeding against rotavirus and enteropathogenic bacteria, rapid elimination of diarrheic agents may be facilitated by human milk. | 1984 | 6097788 |