| reactivity to bacterial, fungal, and parasite antigens in patients with lymphedema and elephantiasis. | both secondary infections and antifilarial immunity are thought to play roles in the development and progression of lymphedema. to investigate this issue, immune responses to a panel of bacterial, fungal, and parasite antigens were examined for women with lymphedema and elephantiasis (n = 28) and for women with no clinical evidence of lymphatic dysfunction who were either microfilaremic (mf+, n = 23) or microfilaria- and filarial antigen-negative (ag-, n = 24). the prevalence and intensity of de ... | 2002 | 12135288 |