Role of adenovirus and immune system in chronic tonsillitis

الملخص EN

The present study included 89 human tonsil biopsies and blood samples collected from patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis who had attended Hilla General Teaching Hospital during the period from October 2010 to January 2011.The age of the patients ranged from (2 to 37 years).

Eleven normal un infected people blood sample were taken as control matching of the age groups.

The tonsil biopsies were immediately dipped in 10 % formalin.

The results of this study revealed; that the highest IgG titer (3.0) as detected by ELISA was seen in ages (2 -11) years.

The titer was decreasing with increasing of age reaching the lowest IgG titer (1.029) in ages (12-37) years.

However, there were many episodes of rise due to recurrent infection with adenovirus.

Blood flim test was revealed the lymphocytes from patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis show increase in cytoplasm of the cell and were higher in number than control(un infected people).