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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Delayed isotype switching in dirofilaria immitis infection°
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 80, No. 2, Year 1986
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The anti-microfilarial immunoglobulin response in Dirofilaria immitis infection was investigated serially in a naturally infected dog. Spontaneous clearance of microfilariae was associated with IgM opsonizing antibodies which promoted in vitro killing of microfilariae by granulocytes. Over a 6-to 11-month period, there was a shift to a predominantly IgG response. The addition of fresh non-immune serum markedly enhanced killing mediated by both IgM and IgG. The findings document conversion from IgM to IgG isotype with chronic infection, and suggest that isotype switching in canine D. immitis infection is delayed relative to that seen in bacterial or viral infections. © 1986, Oxford University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gbakima, Aiah Albert
United States, Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Sierra Leone, Freetown
Njala University
El-Sadr, W. M.
United States, Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
United States, Iowa City
Veterans Administration
Greene, Bruce M.
United States, Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Statistics
Citations: 4
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(86)90042-8
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503