[The effect of toluene and ammonia on the invasive process and immunological indices in experimental trichinelliasis in mice].

Rap mice were exposed to toluene (T) inhalation for 10 days before invasion with 20 Trichinella spiralis larvae per g body weight (moderate infection). This resulted in diminished number of intestinal parasites in the presence of greater number of mast cells in the peritoneal exudate, higher IgE production, enhanced cell adhesion to trichinella larvae and of migration of splenic lymphocytes. Simultaneous inhalation of T and ammonia diminished the immune stimulating effect of the former.