Preliminary assessment of anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels in patients with patent Plasmodium vivax infection

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2019:114:e190145. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760190145. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

Abstract

Anti-α-Gal responses may exert a protective effect in falciparum malaria. However, the biological role of such antibodies is still unknown during Plasmodium vivax infections. We investigated IgG and IgM responses to α-Gal in individuals with vivax malaria. Anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels were higher in these patients than in controls, but no significant correlation was found between parasitaemia and anti-α-Gal response, nor between this response and ABO blood group status. This is the first study to investigate anti-α-Gal antibodies in P. vivax-infected patients; a larger survey is necessary to achieve a better understanding of host immune response during vivax malaria.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / blood*
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Malaria, Vivax / blood*
  • Malaria, Vivax / immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmodium vivax / immunology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • anti-IgG