Humoral Immunity in Arsenic-Exposed Children in Rural Bangladesh: Total Immunoglobulins and Vaccine-Specific Antibodies

Conclusions:
Arsenic exposure increased tIgG and tIgE in plasma, and tended to decrease mumps-specific IgG in children at 9 years of age. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP318

Received: 09 April 2016
Revised: 09 October 2016
Accepted: 24 October 2016
Published: 14 June 2017
Address correspondence to R. Raqib, Immunobiology, Nutrition and Toxicology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP318).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - June 15, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Karla Gonzalez Tags: Research Source Type: research