Combined Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Agents of Biological Na-Ture on the Body of Animals

Abstract

As a result of the work carried out, proceeding from the conceptual position of radiation parasitology about a certain commonality of the mechanisms of the pathogenic effect of ionizing radiation and parasitic agents on living organisms, we determined the conditions for modeling para-sitic invasion, as well as combined radiation-helminthic damage to the body using optimal doses of agents of invasive etiology. Irradiation of rabbits at a half-lethal dose of 7.0 Gy, produced before infection with passaluros at a dose of LD50 (1500 eggs of P. ambiguus), aggravates the course of the invasive process and promotes its generalization, accelerating the death of animals. The combined radiation-helminthic lesion proceeds quickly with the absolute death of all affected animals.