[The clinico-immunological characteristics of intestinal schistosomiasis in the Republic of Guinea]. / Kliniko-immunologicheskaia kharakteristika kishechnogo shistosomoza v Gvineiskoi Respublike.

The results of clinic and immunological examination of patients with intestinal schistosomiasis at the stage of developed infection in the natives of Guinea are presented. Polymorphism of clinical manifestations was accompanied by diagnostically significant changes in hematological (eosinophilia, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rates) and immunological (higher absolute count of B lymphocytes, IgM levels, amount of T suppressors, lower Tx/Tc ratio) parameters, which, together with the results of parasitological studies, are to be taken into account during the choice of treatment and control over its efficacy.