丝虫病的许多慢性症状属于变态反应性质。早在1930年即已用Prausnitz-Kustner试验检出“反应素”抗体,后来在感染者的血清中检到对丝虫成虫和微丝蚴的特异抗体,并发现患者血清中IgE增高。曾用犬恶丝虫抗原脱敏,减少许多丝虫病的变态反应性症状。这些事实均说明人体受丝虫感染后会产生一个免疫过程,其间受丝虫各种抗原的 Many chronic symptoms of filariasis are allergic. As early as 1930, “Pransinz-Kustner test” was used to detect the “reactive element” antibody. Later, specific antibodies to filarial worms and microfilariae were detected in the sera of infected persons, and the serum IgE was found to be elevated. Dexamethasone antigens have been desensitized to reduce the symptoms of many filariasis allergies. These facts show that the human body infected by filarial will produce an immune process, during which the filarial insect antigen