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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with acute schistosomiasis were studied before and after oxamniquine treatment. They had been exposed to cercariae 5 to 9 weeks before, and presented compatible clinical manifestations, eosinophilia, and high levels of total IgE. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 were measured by ELISA in whole blood samples under soluble egg antigen or soluble adult worm preparation stimulation. After treatment, the reduction of leukocytosis and eosinophilia were not significant, but total IgE levels decreased significantly, in contrast to IFN-gamma levels that were significantly increased. The oxamniquine treatment of acute schistosomiasis patients is followed by an improvement of a Th1 response in vitro. If this response has a protective aspect is unknown, and some investigations need to be realized.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0074-0276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Antibodies, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Antigens, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Immunoglobulin E, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Oxamniquine, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Schistosoma mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Schistosomiasis mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:17426890-Schistosomicides
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of human acute schistosomiasis with oxamniquine induces an increase in interferon-gamma response to Schistosoma mansoni antigens.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica, Universitária, 52020-020 Recife, PE, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't