Prevalence of PI
A 2007 survey of 10,000 households by the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) showed the prevalence of PI to be 1 in 1200, or 83 per 100,000 people in the U.S.1
Multiple Sclerosis - 85
* Selective Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency is one of the most common PI diseases.6 According to a survey conducted by the IDF, the prevalence of selective IgA deficiency is 22 out of 100,000.1,7 Excluding selective lgA deficiency, the prevalence of PI is 61 per 100,000.1,7
Once thought to be rare, primary immunodeficiency is now considered more common.
Types of PI
When classifying types of PI, antibody production defects comprise the most common forms.9,10They are:
- A heterogeneous group of disorders
- Often characterized by impaired antibody-producing components of the immune system
- Capable of leading to low quantity and/or quality of antibody
- Common variable immune deficiency (CVID)
- Agammaglobulinemia (X-linked or autosomal recessive)
- Specific antibody deficiency (SAD)
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