Electrophoretic Studies of Serum Protein Patterns in Newborn Indian Infants

The concentration of gamma globulin in the serum of apparently healthy adults from tropical areas is considerably higher than that of residents in temperate zones (Holmes, Stanier, Semambo and Jones, 1951; Satoskar and Lewis, 1954; Deegan, Gilles and McGregor, 1956; Kulkarni, 1957b; Edozien, 1957).In studies of plasma protein patterns in 100 Indian medical students (Satoskar and Lewis, 1954) gamma globulin and albumin levels were found to be twice as high as those among non-tropical residents.Furthermore there was no obvious correlation between past illness and the plasma proteins.Although some correlation was noticed between the dietary protein source and the level of gamma globulin, a definite cause for this rise could not be found.It would therefore be