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  • Title: IgM antibody to filarial antigens in human cord blood: possibility of transplacental infection.
    Author: Dissanayake S, de Silva LV, Ismail MM.
    Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg; 1980; 74(4):542-4. PubMed ID: 7003833.
    Abstract:
    In a hospital in Sri Lanka, antifilarial antibody in maternal and umbilical cord blood was determined by indirect immunofluorescence, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and radio-immunoassay. Anti-filarial antibody was detected in 18 of 340 cord blood samples. Specific IgM antibody was detected in 12 cord blood samples. The foetal IgM antibody was probably in response to a transplacental transfer of filarial antigens. The exposure of the foetus to filarial antigens might be beneficial, increasing resistance to infection, or detrimental by inducing at least partial tolerance.
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