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Paragonimus westermani is a common fluke in Korea. The present study aimed to observe the cell mediated immune response in experimental paragonimiasis of mice. The mouse (BALB/c) was orally inoculated...
Paragonimus westermani is a common fluke in Korea. The present study aimed to determine serum total IgE and specific IgG levels in experimental paragonimiasis of rats. Each Wistar rat was...
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of paragonimiasis iloktsuenensis rat sera was performed using crude antigens of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis (PIA), P. westermani (PWA) and Clonorchis sinensis (CSA). Three crude antigens (PIA, PWA,...
Paragonimus westermani is a tissue migrating parasite in the early stage until arriving at lung, and most of the parasites spend their life spans there. Considerable immune responses including activation...
Effects of Paragonims westermani infection were observed in mice on the change of serum IgE level, the number of peripheral eosinophils and the distribution of Thy 1.2+ (CD3), L3T4+ (CD4),...
Production of circulating specific antibodies to the lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani) by its host is well known and used in various kinds of immunodiagnostic methods. However, it has not been...