[Carrier state of the causative agents of infectious diseases and its significance in the development of the epidemic process].
Carrier state of the causative agents of the infectious diseases is regarded as a universal phenomenon in infectious pathology. Immunological mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed. On the basis of analysis of an epidemic process in the streptococcus and staphylococcus infections, and also in influenza and acute respiratory diseases the author formulated the concept on the genotypical and phenotypical nonhomogeneity of the interacting species of the organisms--the parasite and the host. The action mechanism on the epidemic process of the "mixing factor" of humans was shown.
D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology
D007136:Immunoglobulins
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