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Infecções por Alphavirus , Vírus Chikungunya , Aedes , Infecções por Alphavirus/diagnóstico , Infecções por Alphavirus/epidemiologia , Infecções por Alphavirus/fisiopatologia , Animais , Surtos de Doenças , Feminino , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Transmissão Vertical de Doenças Infecciosas , Insetos Vetores , Masculino , Troca Materno-Fetal , Gravidez , Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez , ViagemAssuntos
Asma/terapia , Imunoterapia , Antígenos/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Testes CutâneosRESUMO
Immunoreactive Insulin and C-peptide responses to glucose load were estimated in patients with cystic fibrosis and in controls. Both insulin and C-peptide responses were low in cystic fibrosis patients and the changes were more marked in those with glucose intolerance. There appears to be true pancreatic hyposecretion of insulin in patients with cystic fibrosis whereas the peripheral sensitivity of insulin seems to be normal or enhanced.
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Peptídeo C/sangue , Fibrose Cística/sangue , Insulina/sangue , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Diabetes Mellitus/sangue , Feminino , Glucose , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , Humanos , Masculino , Valores de ReferênciaRESUMO
Reaginic antibodies to antigens from the human filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi and the animal parasite Dirofilaria immitis were studied by histamine release from basophils in 7 patients with tropical eosinophilia (T.E.) and 18 patients with other manifestations of filarial infection (lymphatic changes or symptomless microfilaraemia). All the patients had antibodies to all three filariae but T.E. patients were more highly sensitised. T.E. patients responded more to antigens from microfilariae than did patients with non-T.E. filariasis and responded more to microfilarial antigens from the human parasites than to those from the animal parasite. These findings support the view that T.E. is a form of occult filariasis which results from host hypersensitivity to the microfilarial stage of parasites which, in other individuals, cause the more common lymphatic manifestations of filarial disease.