Total leucocytic count, eosinophilia and cellular immune response in acute and chronic schistosomiasis.

J Egypt Soc Parasitol

Department of Parasitology, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

Published: June 1990

Among school children in a rural area the serological diagnosis (ELISA) was more accurate than the parasitological tests. The mean total leucocytic and eosinophilic counts, and the blastogenic response to S. mansoni egg antigen were significantly higher in early than in chronic schistosomal cases. Blastogenic response to mitogens and S. mansoni adults preparation was insignificantly different.

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