Cell mediated immune (CMI) responsiveness to soluble egg antigen (SEA) and its relation to the occurrence of schistosomal hepatosplenic disease in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni

Helmy-Khalil, S.; Fahmy, M.H.; Ghanem, M.H.; Said, M.; El Sawy, M.; Nofal, M.; Awadalla, H.N.; Youssef, M.; Mucke, D.; Brock, J.

Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 30(4): 426-428

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4208
PMID: 538816
Document Number: 139459
The delayed intradermal test and migration inhibition tests were used to assess the delayed hypersensitivity in patients with BHF and simple intestinal bilharziasis using SEA. All bilharzial patients gave a positive intradermal test. The specificity of the intradermal test using SEA is demonstrated clearly by the negative response in all control groups.

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