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Lymphocyte proliferative responses to soluble Onchocerca volvulus antigen (sAg) were poor in infected persons; mitogen and PPD responses were maintained in the normal range in one group of patients from southwestern Sudan, but were profoundly depressed in a group from N.E. Sudan. Proliferative responses and interferon-gamma (INF-\u03b3) secretion were very significantly depressed in the presence of live microfilariae of O. volvulus or secretions\/excretions (S\/E) from microfilariae (mf) or from female, but not male, adult parasites. Lymphocyte responses were maintained near normal when exogenous IL-2 was added to these cultures. The results indicate that O. volvulus infection and its clinical consequences arc not consistently associated with systemic deficits in immune responsiveness. 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