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Larval toxocarosis and CNS
Bernardová, Nicol ; Chanová, Marta (advisor) ; Bulantová, Jana (referee)
Toxocara spp. is an obligate endoparasitic worm of digestive system of canine and feline. During its life cycle the larvae of this parasite can get even into humans and encapsulate in their tissues. If the presence of toxocara larvae in body causes clinical manifestation, then we talk about larval toxocarosis. We can divide it into several forms and this bachelor's thesis is focused on neurotoxocarosis which is caused by toxocara larvae in the nervous system. This thesis summarises basic information about toxocara, its life cycle and hosts and also about its extension in the world (epidemiology), diagnosis, model animals and finally focusing on clinical manifestation of neurotoxocarosis. Key words: larval toxocarosis, neurotoxocarosis, Toxocara canis, migration, paratenic host, definitive host
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Larval toxocarosis and CNS
Bernardová, Nicol ; Chanová, Marta (advisor) ; Bulantová, Jana (referee)
Toxocara spp. is an obligate endoparasitic worm of digestive system of canine and feline. During its life cycle the larvae of this parasite can get even into humans and encapsulate in their tissues. If the presence of toxocara larvae in body causes clinical manifestation, then we talk about larval toxocarosis. We can divide it into several forms and this bachelor's thesis is focused on neurotoxocarosis which is caused by toxocara larvae in the nervous system. This thesis summarises basic information about toxocara, its life cycle and hosts and also about its extension in the world (epidemiology), diagnosis, model animals and finally focusing on clinical manifestation of neurotoxocarosis. Key words: larval toxocarosis, neurotoxocarosis, Toxocara canis, migration, paratenic host, definitive host
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Host immune response in neuroinfections caused by parasitic helminths.
Macháček, Tomáš ; Panská, Lucie (advisor) ; Štáfková, Jitka (referee)
Among helmiths, there are some parasites which may dwell in the central nervous system of humans during their ontogenic development. Contrary to the former concept of so called immune privilege of this site, hosts develop the immune response against them. Both immune cells and resident immunocompetent cells (astrocytes, microglia) participate in these immune reactions. The host immune response consists of cellular as well as humoral immunity. This bachelor's thesis gives the general features of the immune response in the central nervous system and describes the immune response during particular helminthic neuroinfections: neuroschistosomiasis, neurocysticercosis and neurotoxocarosis.
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