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Summary
Persons living in malarious regions of Ethiopia had significantly higher serum concentrations of IgG and IgM but not of IgA than those Ethiopians who had never been exposed to malarious regions. Immunoglobulin concentrations of the latter group were quite comparable to those of normal controls from Houston. Splenomegaly in patients with malaria was associated with markedly increased concentrations of IgM in the serum.
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