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Quantification of Salivary, Urinary and Fecal Secretory IgA, as Well as in Saliva Titers and Avidities of IgA Antibodies in Children Living at Different Levels of Antigenic Exposure and Undernutrition

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Advances in Mucosal Immunology

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The prevalence of malnutrition, often associated with parasitic, bacterial and viral infection, is high in Brazil.1–3 Since the mucosa is an important access of pathogens, one supposes that different levels of antigenic exposure can influence secretory IgA (slgA) production and secretion.

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  1. Dept. of Immunology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

    A. T. Nagao & M. M. S. Carneiro-Sampaio

  2. Dept. of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil

    M. I. D. S. Pilagallo & A. B. Pereira

  3. Dept. of Clinical Immunology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    A. T. Nagao & L. A. Hanson

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Nagao, A.T., Pilagallo, M.I.D.S., Pereira, A.B., Carneiro-Sampaio, M.M.S., Hanson, L.A. (1995). Quantification of Salivary, Urinary and Fecal Secretory IgA, as Well as in Saliva Titers and Avidities of IgA Antibodies in Children Living at Different Levels of Antigenic Exposure and Undernutrition. In: Mestecky, J., Russell, M.W., Jackson, S., Michalek, S.M., Tlaskalová-Hogenová, H., Šterzl, J. (eds) Advances in Mucosal Immunology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 371. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1941-6_106

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