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  • Title: Antibody response patterns against Schistosoma mansoni in a recently exposed community in Senegal.
    Author: van Dam GJ, Stelma FF, Gryseels B, Falcão Ferreira ST, Talla I, Niang M, Rotmans JP, Deelder AM.
    Journal: J Infect Dis; 1996 May; 173(5):1232-41. PubMed ID: 8627077.
    Abstract:
    Acquired immune resistance is believed to be largely responsible for age-dependent infection and reinfection patterns in schistosomiasis. In a recently established but intense focus of Schistosoma mansoni in Senegal, the humoral immune response was studied in a random population sample of 289. Antibody levels of various isotypes to schistosome worm and egg antigens were determined by ELISA and related to egg counts (eggs per gram of feces [EPG]), age, and sex. Both IgG1 and IgG4 followed age-related patterns similar to egg counts and strongly correlated with EPG, even after allowing for age. Specific IgE levels increased slowly with age. The humoral immune response patterns in this recently infected population appeared to be largely similar to those in chronically infected communities. Thus far, the observations do not support the current hypothesis that age-related resistance to Schistosoma is determined by IgE-mediated protective immunity acquired during many years of exposure.
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