title: Study of human and parasitic factors in relation to bancroftian filariasis in Egypt.
abstract: The Human Leucocytic Antigen (HLA) and the histochemical reaction of microfilaria were studied by using cytotoxicity test and microfilarial acid phosphatase activity respectively to evaluate the role of the genetic factors and the parasitic factor in the pathogenesis of filariasis. Statistical significant association was found between HLA-B7 and the susceptibility for retaining microfilariae in blood and the development of clinical manifestations of filariasis. Histochemical study reported more or less the same results obtained in Egypt in elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams, Egypt.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hamadto
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: el-Fakahany
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Farrag
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: el-Hamshary
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004534:Egypt; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000276:immunology*; D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000201:enzymology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen; D000135:Acid Phosphatase