Ana Lúcia Arruda Fontenele, Cassia Giselle de Oliveira Nóbrega, Wheverton Ricardo Correia do Nascimento, Patrícia d'Emery Alves Santos, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Décio Medeiros Peixoto, Mônica Camelo Pessôa de Azevedo Albuquerque, Dirceu Solé, Vláudia Maria Assis Costa, Emanuel Sávio Cavalcanti Sarinho, Valdenia Maria Oliveira de Souza
Anti-Ascaris lumbricoides (Asc) IgE and IgG can immunomodulate the allergy; however, the influence of these isotypes has not been investigated in the giardiasis and allergy. Therefore, the frequency of respiratory allergy (RA) symptoms in Giardia lamblia-infected children, with or without anti-Asc IgE, IgG1, or IgG4 and Th1, Th2/Treg, and Th17 cytokine production, was evaluated. We performed a case-control study with children aged 2-10 years old selected by questionnaire and stool exams to form the groups: infected or uninfected with RA (G-RA, n = 55; nG-RA, n = 43); infected and uninfected without RA (G-nRA, n = 59; nG-nRA, n = 54)...
October 25, 2023: Parasitology Research