The etiological factor for eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia E in Brazilian school children.
Year: 1991
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The etiology of peripheral blood eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia E, which are commonly found among residents in tropical area, were studied with two groups of Brazilian children from different primary schools. These two groups of children had different infection rates with soil-transmitted helminthiases, but similar positive rates of antibody against a common allergic antigen. The prevalence rate of children with eosinophilia or hyperglobulinemia E was significantly higher in a group with higher infection rate with soil-transmitted helminthiases than in another group with lower infection rate. It was suggested that eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia E in this area were mainly caused by soil-transmitted helminthiases.
Authors: ATSUO HAMADA, NAOHIRO WATANABE, MASASHI KOBAYASHI, EIICHI OKUSAWA, TOMOYOSHI NOZAKI, IVETE BARBOSA, SEIKI TATENO, AKIO KOBAYASHI
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2325585428