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Infection and Immunity, April 2006, p. 2169-2176, Vol. 74, No. 4
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.4.2169-2176.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Correlation between Eosinophils and Protection against Reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni and the Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Coinfection in Humans

Lisa M. Ganley-Leal,1,{dagger} Pauline N. Mwinzi,2 Catherine B. Cetre-Sossah,1 Julius Andove,2 Allen W. Hightower,1 Diana M. S. Karanja,2 Daniel G. Colley,3 and W. Evan Secor1*

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Immunology, Atlanta, Georgia,1 Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kisumu, Kenya,2 Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, and Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia3

Received 27 October 2005/ Returned for modification 11 December 2005/ Accepted 24 January 2006

Longitudinal investigations of an adult male population of Kenyan car washers who have heavy and quantifiable occupational exposure to Schistosoma mansoni cercariae revealed that some individuals develop resistance to reinfection while others remain highly susceptible. We sought to characterize immune correlates associated with host protection in this population. Previous studies have demonstrated an association of peripheral eosinophilia with resistance to reinfection with schistosomes. Thus, we investigated the relationship between the percentage of circulating eosinophils and the effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) coinfection on the susceptibility of the car washers to reinfection with schistosomes. Elevated percentages of circulating eosinophils were associated with resistance to reinfection by S. mansoni in HIV-1-seronegative persons. In the HIV-1-seropositive cohort, low CD4+-T-cell counts were associated with a less intense eosinophilia. Moreover, eosinophils from the car washers expressed high levels of Fc{epsilon}RI ß chain, a molecule important in immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated immunity. Levels of Fc{epsilon}RI ß chain expression correlated with serum levels of total and antigen-specific IgE for HIV-1-negative car washers, but this was not the case for individuals coinfected with HIV-1. Overall, these data further implicate eosinophils as having a potential role in development of protective immunity against schistosomes and suggest that changes associated with HIV-1 coinfection increase susceptibility to reinfection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, 4770 Buford Hwy, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30341. Phone: (770) 488-4115. Fax: (770) 488-4108. E-mail: was4{at}cdc.gov.

Editor: J. F. Urban, Jr.

{dagger} Present address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

Infection and Immunity, April 2006, p. 2169-2176, Vol. 74, No. 4
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.4.2169-2176.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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