Abstract
Antibody to fibrinogen/fibrin related products (Anti-F) was stimulated during the course of Plasmodium chabaudi, Babesia rodhaini, and Trypanosoma lewisi infections in rats. Titers of this autoantibody remained elevated in serum from rats that had recovered from each of the infections. Column chromatographic studies indicated that Anti-F was a 19S globulin, possibly IgM. During acute infections high titers of Anti-F were associated with elevated titers of cold-active hemagglutinin (CAH) and immunoconglutinin (IK) and all were associated with anemia and elevated parasitemia. Titers of Anti-F and IK, but not CAH, remained elevated in serum of recovered rats. The presence of Anti-F indicated that the coagulation system had been activated during each infection to release fibrinogen/fibrin-related products (FRP) to serve as antigen(s) for Anti-F. Since IK is antibody to the third component of fixed complement, it could be assumed that complement fixing antigen-antibody complexes were also present during the acute stage of each infection. The possibility that complexes of FRP and Anti-F could have contributed to anemia in each infection is discussed.
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