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  1. Schultz-Dale reaction with sera of eosinophilic lung patients--a preliminary report
    Guest MF, Wong MM
    Med J Malaya, 1965 Dec;20(2):146-8.
    PMID: 4159506
    Matched MeSH terms: Pulmonary Eosinophilia/immunology*
  2. Immunoglobulin levels in various clinical groups of human Brugian filariasis in Malaysia
    Sim BK, Mak JW, Kwa BH
    Z Parasitenkd, 1983;69(3):371-5.
    PMID: 6880344
    Quantitation of serum immunoglobulin M, G, A, D and E levels was carried out in Malaysians with Brugia malayi infections. Results showed highly elevated levels of IgM and IgE as well as moderately elevated levels of IgG. These were most significant in patients with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia or elephantiasis. Serum IgE levels were extremely high in microfilaraemic patients (6,060 +/- 3,958 IU ml) probably due to a constant antigenic stimulation by dead and dying microfilariae.
    Matched MeSH terms: Pulmonary Eosinophilia/immunology
  3. Kinetics of IgA and eosinophils following a low-dose, predominantly Haemonchus contortus infection of Boer goats
    Hayyan BN, Sharma RSK, Raimy N, Nisha M, Hussain K, Busin VM, et al.
    Parasite Immunol., 2020 06;42(6):e12707.
    PMID: 32118305 DOI: 10.1111/pim.12707
    AIMS: Most breeds of goat are more susceptible to nematode infection than sheep, and this appears to be a consequence of less effective immune responses. Several papers have considered the effectiveness of eosinophils and immunoglobulin A (IgA) in goats but differences in the induction of responses have not been studied in the same detail. The aim of this study was to look at the induction of eosinophil and IgA responses in Boer goats reared indoors under intensive conditions.

    METHODS AND RESULTS: The goats were experimentally infected with a low dose of 2400 Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus spp. and Oesophagostomum spp. at a 6:1:1 ratio. Faecal egg counts (FEC), packed cell volume (PCV), IgA activity against third-stage larvae and peripheral eosinophilia were measured twice a week for eight weeks. The infection generated an IgA response but did not significantly increase peripheral eosinophilia in the 25 infected kids compared with the 4 control animals. FEC was not associated with IgA activity or eosinophilia.

    CONCLUSION: A detailed analysis of IgA and eosinophil responses to deliberate nematode infection in Boer goats showed that there was an increase in nematode-specific IgA activity but no detectable eosinophil response. In addition, there was no association between increased IgA activity or eosinophilia with egg counts and worm burdens. These suggest that IgA and eosinophils do not act to control nematode infection in goats.

    Matched MeSH terms: Eosinophilia/immunology*
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