Citokines, Receptors and The Host-Parasite Interaction

• Autor: Cruz Cubas, Antonio
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2000
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/4258
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4258
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Host-Parasite Relations; Parasites; Protozoa; Helminthiasis; Relaciones Huésped-Parásitos; Parásitos; Protozoarios; Helmintiasis

This article presents first, a brief overview of some of the main parasitisms that affect the health of million people around the world. Both, the pro tozoosis and the helmintiasis are analyzed from a clinical and epidemiological viewpoint. Next, discussing the interactions between the human immune system and the parasite, we distinguished these into 2 types: those favorable to the parasite survival and those that can kill it. We remembered that in the host-parasite interaction, there is a genetic background which can determine some degrees of host susceptibility and because that the current "genome" programs carry a great importance for the control of these diseases.