title: Antimicrobial properties and microbial contaminants of breast milk--an update.
abstract: A review of recent studies of antibacterial, antiviral and antiprotozoan factors in human breast milk is presented. Also reviewed are the microbial contaminants that have been detected in human milk with a particular focus on cytomegalovirus and rubella virus, both of which have recently been shown to infect infants via breast milk.
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000032:analysis; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012306:Risk; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory