T-lymphocytes in giardiasis

ABSTRACT

The cell mediated immunity is poorly understood in giardiasis, however T-cells were claimed to have a role. This study included 30 children with symptomatic giardiasis and 10 healthy parasite free children of the same age and socio-economic standard. The immune response was assessed by performing T-cell count using Rosette formation and T-cell function using Blast transformation technique. In the present work although both T-lymphocyte count and function were significantly reduced in patients with giardiasis as compared with the control group, there was no correlation between both parameters and the parasite load