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Tiff
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01/29/08 - 10:47 PM

A 5 year old boy has complaints of stomach aches with a distended abdomen and poor appetite. The boy releases pearl-colored earthworm-like organisms in his stool. Which of the following is the predominant protective immune response against these organisms?

A. Cytotoxic T-cell response

B. Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction

C. IgA antibody response

D. IgE antibody response

E. IgG antibody response

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01/30/08 - 12:08 AM

Ig E antibody response

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01/30/08 - 12:08 AM

D. IgE antibody response

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01/30/08 - 01:51 AM

D

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01/30/08 - 02:04 AM

silver wrote:
D. IgE antibody response

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01/30/08 - 12:30 PM

D is the correct answer. (IgE antibody response). This is a case of ascariasis. IgE initiates the release of histamine in reponse to the worm antigens which promotes te expulsion of worms.

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01/31/08 - 01:19 PM

Ig E antibody response in the case of ascariasis....... nod

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