In vitro adhesion of eosinophils to infective larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti.

  • 1 July 1970
    • journal article
    • Vol. 19  (1) , 65-83
Abstract
A reproducible in vitro test was developed to quantitatively study the adhesion of human eosinophils to Wuchereria bancrofti infective larvae. Eosinophils, regardless of the donor, selectively adhered to the larvae in the presence of immune serum. The reaction reached a maximum by 90 minutes at room temperature and remained unchanged up to 6 hours. The adherent eosinophils, however, did not induce any apparent morphologic change in the larvae.