Schistosomiasis mansoni: high and low IgE responders

ABSTRACT

Among 13 patients with schistosomiasis mansoni, two groups of patients were found high IgE responders, characterized by patients with IgE serum levels higher than 1300 U.I./ml, and low IgE responders with serum IgE levels lower than 700 U.I./ml. After chemotherapy the differences in IgE level between the two groups cbecame more evident. The analogy of results with experimental schistosomiasis of mice, was discussed