T-Lymphocyte subsets in Egyptians with schistosomal infestation

ABSTRACT

The immunoregulating mechanism in schistosomal infestation among Egyptains childern was studied by enumerating T-Iymphocyte cell subsets in peripheral blood. There was no significant difference between the mean values of absolute lymphocytic count [ALC]. T[3] and T[8] in the control group and either the urinary or intestinal bilharzial groups of cases. However, the mean value of T[4] in the bilharzial urinary and intestinal groups of cases were found to be statistically significant when compared with the control group