Zakharchuk О. Clinical immunological and epidemiological aspects of toxocarosis in Bouckovine.

Dissertation is devoted to the revealing of toxocarosis prevalence in Bouckovine, nosogeographic description, regional clinical immunological and epidemiological peculiarities in the course of the invasion, character of the immune response to ground the regional approaches to effective treatment and reduction of toxocarosis morbidi. On the ground of complex investigation new evidence has been obtained in the work, completing the concept of toxocarosis spreading in Ukraine, in particular, it has been established that under natural conditions of Chernivtsi region the toxocarosis foci formation is possible. For the first time there have been obtained an evidence of infant (aged 6-12 months) contamination with toxocarosis with the determined diagnostic criteria for timely revealing of invasion, a simple, easy accessible, highly informational and verified method ? evaluation of humoral immunity coefficient - has been recommended.It has been grounded the appropriateness of albendazol usage in the patients with toxocarosis.