SERUM IMMUNOGLOBINS IN NIGERIANS WITH URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS

Authors
ARINOLA OG SALIMONU LS
Citation
Og. Arinola et Ls. Salimonu, SERUM IMMUNOGLOBINS IN NIGERIANS WITH URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS, East African medical journal, 74(5), 1997, pp. 331-334
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
East African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0012835X
Volume
74
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
331 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(1997)74:5<331:SIINWU>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Serum levels of immuno-globulin G, A, M, D and E were determined using single radial immune-diffusion technique in 52 Nigerian primary schoo l children with urinary schistosomiasis and 39 age and sex matched con trols, The mean values of IgA, IgM and IgE in the school children with S. haematobium infection were significantly higher than in controls. These findings suggest that urinary schistosomiasis in these subjects was in the acute stage.