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Separation of Immune Cell Subpopulations in Peripheral Blood Samples from Children with Infectious Mononucleosis
Published on: September 7, 2022
[Apoptogenic activity of microbes-associants during Epstein-Barr virus infection]
Aim:
Study apoptogenic activity of-microbes-associants during Epstein-Barr virus infection (EBVI) on the model of mice peritoneal macrophages in vitro.
Materials And Methods:
Evaluation of apoptosis induced by bacteria isolated from EBVI patients was carried out by characteristic morphological changes of macrophages in smears stained by May-Grunwald with additional staining by Romanowsky-Giemsa.
Results:
All the EBVI microbes-associants were established to have apoptogenic activity, however, the highest pathogenic potential was noted in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Conclusion:
The presence of apoptogenic activity in bacterial microflora accompanying EBVI against immune system cells could serve as means of their survival and be the pathogenetic basis for prolonged persistence in the organism.
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