In the Bolivian Chaco, recent surveys documented a dramatic decrease in the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections as compared with the 1980s after thirty years of preventive chemotherapy (PC). Concomitant immunological rearrangements are expected. Because nematode infections are associated with increased levels of circulating IgE and glycoprotein CD30 soluble form (sCD30), this study aims to evaluate changes in serological markers of T helper (Th)2-cells activity between 1987 (high STH prevalence) and 2013 (low STH prevalence) in rural communities in the Bolivian Chaco area. We collected 151 sera during two different surveys in 1987 (n = 65) and 2013 (n = 86) and measured the concentration of total IgE and sCD30 by immunoassays. We found a statistically significant age-independent decrease in the total IgE (P < 0.0001) and sCD30 (P < 0.0001) from 1987 to 2013. The significant decrease in serological Th2 markers (IgE and sCD30) between 1987 and 2013 is consistent with the drop in STH prevalence in this geographical area during the same period of time. Further studies might elucidate the clinical and epidemiological impact of these serological rearrangements.

Decline in total serum IgE and soluble CD30 in the context of soil-transmitted helminth decline in Bolivia / Bella C.D.; Spinicci M.; Rojo D.; Grassi A.; Gamboa H.; Benagiano M.; Torrez R.; Tapinassi S.; Gabrielli S.; Cancrini G.; Macchioni F.; Alnwaisri H.; Azzurri A.; Monasterio J.; Montresor A.; Olliaro P.; D'Elios M.M.; Bartoloni A.. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. - ISSN 0002-9637. - ELETTRONICO. - 102:(2020), pp. 847-850. [10.4269/ajtmh.19-0180]

Decline in total serum IgE and soluble CD30 in the context of soil-transmitted helminth decline in Bolivia

Spinicci M.;Grassi A.;Benagiano M.;Tapinassi S.;Macchioni F.;Alnwaisri H.;Azzurri A.;Montresor A.;Olliaro P.;D'Elios M. M.;Bartoloni A.
2020

Abstract

In the Bolivian Chaco, recent surveys documented a dramatic decrease in the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections as compared with the 1980s after thirty years of preventive chemotherapy (PC). Concomitant immunological rearrangements are expected. Because nematode infections are associated with increased levels of circulating IgE and glycoprotein CD30 soluble form (sCD30), this study aims to evaluate changes in serological markers of T helper (Th)2-cells activity between 1987 (high STH prevalence) and 2013 (low STH prevalence) in rural communities in the Bolivian Chaco area. We collected 151 sera during two different surveys in 1987 (n = 65) and 2013 (n = 86) and measured the concentration of total IgE and sCD30 by immunoassays. We found a statistically significant age-independent decrease in the total IgE (P < 0.0001) and sCD30 (P < 0.0001) from 1987 to 2013. The significant decrease in serological Th2 markers (IgE and sCD30) between 1987 and 2013 is consistent with the drop in STH prevalence in this geographical area during the same period of time. Further studies might elucidate the clinical and epidemiological impact of these serological rearrangements.
2020
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847
850
Bella C.D.; Spinicci M.; Rojo D.; Grassi A.; Gamboa H.; Benagiano M.; Torrez R.; Tapinassi S.; Gabrielli S.; Cancrini G.; Macchioni F.; Alnwaisri H.; Azzurri A.; Monasterio J.; Montresor A.; Olliaro P.; D'Elios M.M.; Bartoloni A.
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