[Bilharzial granuloma - immunological aspects (author's transl)].
Living eggs of schistosoma are responsible for the tissular granulomatous reactions of the parasitized organism. It has been demonstrated that this process resorts to a reaction of delayed hypersensitivity related to the complex immunologic mechanisms involving egg specific antigens and immunocompetent cells (lympho-plasmocytic cells). In long duration infections, the granulomatous reaction disappears (endogenic desensitization by immunological processes).
D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010063:Ovum / Q000276:immunology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000276:immunology*
D000941:Antigens
Le granulome Bilharzien. Aspects immunopathologiques.