Serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferase in filariasis.

Serum aspartate aminotransferase level in filarial patients was estimated. The level was compared against the level of the same enzyme in non-filarial patients. Similarly estimated and compared was the level of serum alanine aminotransferase in the same groups of subjects. It was found that there was a mild but significant elevation of aspartate aminotransferase level above the normal level, in filarial patients in Nigeria. However, no concomitant elevation of alanine aminotransferase level was observed.