The evolution of immunoglobulins involved in the immune response of mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni was studied by using plurispecific sera and the bi-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis technique. Determinations of the level of different immunoglobulins in infected animals and control groups which were mantained under similar conditions detected significant variations in both groups over the 8 weeks of observation. The study of the relationship (I/C) between the level of immunoglobulins of the infected animals (I) and that of corresponding control (C) showed that the infected animals presented a primary response (1-2 weeks after infection date) and a secondary response that was initiated in the 6th week of infection, with levels of IgA, IgG and IgM that were respectively 4.5, 3 and 2 times higher than those of corresponding control.
Schistosoma mansoni; Immunoglobulins; Schistosomiasis