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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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99(5,supl.1): 97-98, Aug. 2004. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-384487
ABSTRACT
Specific IgG and IgM responses to soluble egg antigen (SEA) and keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) were measured by ELISA in patients with acute and chronic schistosomiasis. The tests based upon IgM and IgG antibodies responses to KLH presented the best diagnostic discrimination, and can be used in conjunction with clinical and epidemiological data to the differential diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis.
Subject(s)
Humans , Animals , Antigens, Helminth , Schistosoma mansoni , Schistosomiasis mansoni , Acute Disease , Antibodies, Helminth , Biomarkers , Chronic Disease , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Immunoglobulin G , Immunoglobulin M , Sensitivity and Specificity
2.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(suppl.1): 113-114, Oct. 2002.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-325010
ABSTRACT
The production and regulation of interleukin (IL) IL-13, IL-4 and interferon-gamma was evaluated in different clinical forms of human schistosomiasis. The mechanisms of immune regulation are apparently different in the various clinical stages of the disease, some of them being antigen specific