Decay of antibody isotypes against early developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni after treatment of schistosomiasis patients
Antibodies to a number of parasite antigens are found in schistosomiasis patients, and antibodies to early developmental stages were demonstrated to be efficient immunologic markers for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis. In the present study, decay patterns of IgM and IgG antibodies against cercariae and schistosomula were investigated, in comparison to antibodies against worms and eggs in schistosomiasis patients after chemotherapy, for an investigation of seroepidemiologic aspects. Data obtained in the study of 359 serum samples from patients with Schistosoma mansoni infection, noninfected individuals, and patients followed-up for a period of 12 to 15 months after treatment provided the basis to postulate a general pattern for the kinetics of antibody decay. Before treatment, the antibody pattern was represented by a unimodal curve, which shifted to a bimodal curve after treatment, and ended with a unimodal curve similar to that for the noninfected group. Different types of antibodies were classified into four categories according to their decay features, and anti-schistosomulum IgM was classified into the moderate-decay caterogy, whereas other antibodies to early parasite stages were classified into the slow-decay category. The present methodology permits the identification of the most suitable antibodies to be detected in field control programs for schistosomiasis or other parasitoses
Main Authors: | KANAMURA,Herminia Yohko, HOSHINO-SHIMIZU,Sumie, KIMURA,Regina Tomie, MATSUMOTO,Tokiko Kyomen, SILVA,Luiz Caetano da, LIMA,Dirce Mary Correa, ABRANTES-LEMOS,Clarice Pires |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
1997
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000500005 |
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