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HYGIENE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, MEDICAL ECOLOGYInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 15., Iss. 3, 2009, P. 129−134.
PECULIARITIES OF TOXOPLASMOSIS PATHOGENESIS
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The mechanisms of toxoplasmosis infection in immunocomplement parsons as well as the peculiarities of the causative agent interaction with the human immune system were described; the role of cytokines as inductors determining the type of immune response on different stages of T. gondii invasion was show. The necessity of working out new criteria of toxoplasmosis complications development in immunocompetent persons and possibility to correct this state was noted.
Key words: toxoplasma infection, immunocompetent persons, cytokines, immune response inductors.