The protective effect of breast milk from 150 women on infection produced by protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum of children under 2 years old living in a shantytown nearby Lima, Perú was studied. Breast milk had specific secretory Inmunoglobulin A (sIgA) antibodies to C. parvum antigen determined by Inmunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. Each mother secreted milk with different composition of specific secretory IgA antibodies against 15 proteins of C. parvum antigen with molecular weight 15-158 k-Da, remained constant during the 24 month lactation period. The risk of C. parvum infection was reduced in children breast milk with specific secretory IgA against proteins of high molecular weight C. parvum antigen (158, 123 y 97 k-Da), protecting the breast fed baby from infection

Se evaluó el efecto protector de la leche materna de 150 madres sobre la infección por Cryptosporidium parvum en niños menores de 2 años. La leche presenta anticuerpos Inmunoglobulinas A Secretoria (IgAs) específicas contra el antígeno de C. parvum por la prueba de Inmunoelectrotransferencia blot (EITB). Cada madre secretó leche con diferente composición de IgAs específicas contra 15 fracciones proteicas del antígeno de C. parvum con pesos moleculares de 15 a 158 k-Da, permaneciendo constantes durante la lactación. Existe menor riesgo a la infección por C. parvum en niños que lactaron leche materna con presencia de IgAs específicas contra las fracciones proteicas de alto peso molecular del antígeno de C. parvum (158, 123 y 97 k-Da)

Soros de pacientes infectados com Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana e Echinococcus granulosus foram testados contra antígenos parasitários homólogos e heterólogos usando o teste de ELISA e foi verificado alto grau de reatividade cruzada. Para identificar os polipetídeos responsáveis por esta reatividade cruzada foi utilizado o teste "Enzyme Linked Immunoelectro Transfer Blot (EITB)". Soros de pacientes infectados por T.solium, H.nana, e E.granulosus foram colocados em contato com precipitado de sulfato de amônia e antígenos não purificados de T.solium e os de H.nana e E.granulosus. Várias bandas reconhecidas pelos soros de pacientes com infecção por T.solium, H.nana e E.granulosus foram comuns a dois ou três destes cestódeos. Uma única banda foi notada em H.nana a 49 e 66K-Da e no E.granulosus a 17-21 K-Da e 27-32 K-Da. No extrato não purificado de cisticercose uma banda específica não glicoproteica estava presente a 61-67 K-Da além das bandas de glicoproteínas específicas de 50, 42, 24, 21, 18, 14 e 13 K-Da. Nenhum destes soros de pacientes com infecção por H.nana ou E.granulosus reagiu de forma cruzada com estas sete bandas de glicoproteína consideradas específicas à infecção por T.solium

Sera from patients infected with Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana and Echinococcus granulosus were tested against homologous and heterologous parasite antigens using an ELISA assay, and a high degree of cross-reactivity was verified. To identify polypeptides responsible for this cross reactivity, the Enzyme Linked Immunoelectro Transfer Blot (EITB) was used. Sera from infected patients with T.solium, H.nana, and E.granulosus were assessed against crude, ammonium sulphate precipitated (TSASP), and lentil-lectin purified antigens of T.solium and crude antigens of.H.nana and E.granulosus. Several bands, recognized by sera from patients with T.solium, H.nana, and E.granulosus infections, were common to either two or all three cestodes. Unique reactive bands in H.nana were noted at 49 and 66 K-Da and in E.granulosus at 17-21 K-Da and at 27-32 K-Da. In the crude cysticercosis extract, a specific non glycoprotein band was present at 61-67 K-Da in addiction to specific glycoprotein bands of 50, 42, 24, 21, 18, 14, and 13 K-Da. None of the sera from patients with H.nana or E.granulosus infection cross reacted with these seven glycoprotein bands considered specific for T.solium infection.