Serum IgE levels in giardiasis |
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| Authors: | MARIO GELLER MAURO GELLER D. K. FLAHERTY PAULA BLACK M. MADRUGA |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratory of Immunology, Allergy-Immunology Section, Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.;The Section of Immunology and Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Medical School of Teresopolis, State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
Raised levels of serum immunoglobulin E are found in many parasitic diseases. In order to determine the influence of Giardia lamblia on IgE levels of clinically symptomatic patients, a controlled study was performed. There was no difference between the serum IgE values from Brazilian patients with giardiasis and those from normal Brazilian controls, although in both groups there were many individuals with values higher than the normal range reported from the northern hemisphere. |
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