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. 1990 Jul;28(7):1545–1550. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.7.1545-1550.1990

Longitudinal survey in an endemic region of plasma soluble interleukin-2 receptor and antibody levels in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

B F Chumpitazi 1, F Peyron 1, J Simon 1, C Boudin 1, I Sheick-Zakiuddin 1, S Picot 1, P Ambroise-Thomas 1
PMCID: PMC267986  PMID: 2199518

Abstract

A survey involving 81 individuals living in Dafinso and Vallée du Kou no. 4 (near Bobo-Dioulasso), Burkina Faso, was performed in June 1987, August to September 1987, and January 1988, respectively, at the beginning of, during, and after the transmission season of malaria. The clinical longitudinal study during the transmission period allowed us to define three different groups in terms of both age and occurrence of malaria attack (5,000 Plasmodium falciparum per mm3 of blood and axillary fever of greater than 37.7 degrees C) as follows: group 1, persons less than or equal to 15 years old who had at least one malaria attack during the transmission period; group 2, individuals less than or equal to 15 years old who did not have any malaria attacks; and group 3, individuals considered to be protected (adults greater than 15 years old with no malaria attacks). Soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels were found to be significantly increased (P less than 0.001) in the first two groups (1,047 +/- 481 U/ml [mean +/- standard deviation]) as compared with the adult group (605 +/- 307 U/ml). Considering all the groups, no significant difference was observed between observation periods. Levels of sIL-2R were inversely correlated (r = -0.39, n = 237, P less than 0.01) with age (range, 4 to 67 years). Negative correlations were also noticed between the levels of sIL-2R and those of antibodies to somatic antigen of P. falciparum (immunoglobulin G [IgG] class [r = -0.33, n = 237, P less than 0.01] and IgM class [r = -0.20, n = 237, P less than 0.05]). IgG antibody levels to somatic antigen were correlated with age, but IgM antibody levels to somatic antigen were not. The possible role played by sIL-2R in effector mechanisms against malaria is discussed.

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