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Antibody and cytokine serum levels in patients subjected to anti-rabies prophylaxis with serum-vaccination
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Ayres,J. A.; Barraviera,B.; Calvi,S. A.; Carvalho,N. R.; Peraçoli,M. T. S.
Rabies is considered a fatal disease once clinical symptoms have developed. The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological aspects and immune response in patients attacked by domestic and wild animals and subjected to post-exposure rabies treatment with equine serum and associated vaccine. Thirty-three patients were evaluated; they were between 13 and 65 years old, 75.8% were male and 24.2% female, and from the Botucatu neighborhood. Twenty healthy control individuals with the same age range were also studied. Specific antibodies to equine immunoglobulins and IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-4, and IL-10 production were evaluated by ELISA. IgM, IgE, IgG and subclasses, and rabies virus antibodies serum levels were determined by nephelometry and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Rabies; Anti-rabies prophylaxis; Immunoglobulins; Cytokines.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992006000300008