IGE RESPONSES IN CATS INFECTED WITH BRUGIA-PAHANGI

Authors
BALDWIN CI DEMEDEIROS F DENHAM DA
Citation
Ci. Baldwin et al., IGE RESPONSES IN CATS INFECTED WITH BRUGIA-PAHANGI, Parasite immunology, 15(5), 1993, pp. 291-296
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasite immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01419838
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
291 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-9838(1993)15:5<291:IRICIW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Passive cutaneous anaphylaxis tests were used to examine the IgE respo nses of cats repeatedly infected with the filarial nematode Brugia pah angi. Specific IgE was usually detected only in those cats that killed their adult worms and rarely in those cats in which adult worms survi ved for long periods. We suggest that this specific IgE is actively in volved in killing adult worms in the lymphatics.