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Breast milk is the ideal nutritional source for almost all infants. Breast milk meets the infant’s needs for macro- and micronutrients, functioning immune cells, enhanced growth of nonpathogenic flora and growth factors, and immunoprotective substances beyond nutrition [1]. Breast milk contains many biologically active constituents with antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties supporting the development of gastrointestinal system function [2, 3]. Immunoglobulins (Igs), mainly secretory IgA (sIgA), in breast milk protect infants from many pathogenic microorganisms by several mechanisms, such as immobilizing pathogens, preventing attachment to epithelial cell surfaces, neutralizing toxins and virulence factors, and reducing colonization [2–4].

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