Detection of immune complexes in tissues of persons infected with Entamoeba histolytica.
Immune complexes were detected by radioimmunoassay in colonic tissue from 71 to 122 patients (58%) excreting Entamoeba histolytica cysts and in liver tissue from 5 of 16 of these patients. Complexes were also found in colonic tissue from 9 of 56 other patients (16%) who were not excreting cysts.
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