The intensity of immune response to T. native antigen in the residents of coastal settlements in the Chukotka district, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Bukina, L.A.; Odoevskaia, I.M.; Shuĭkina, É.E.
Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni 2013(3): 12-15
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 25924275 Document Number: 668581
Sixty-three (24.3%) out of 259 residents of coastal settlements were found to have a positive immune response to Trichinella antigen. All the seropositive cases were represented by people belonging to three ethnic groups: Chukchi (97.8%), Eskimos (1.2%), and Yakuts (1.0%). The antibody titers varied from 1:100 (32.8%) to 1:1600 (8.7%). The highest titer reactivity was observed in marine mammal hunters, retired persons, and non-manual employees. There was a direct relationship between the antibody titer values and the dietary habits of the respondents preferring traditional foods prepared from marine mammal meat.