Toxin receptors and their pathogenetic significance.

The pathogenetic significance of toxin receptor interaction in disease is examplified by infectious diarrhoea. The world-wide problem of infectious diarrhoea is presented with regard to epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology. Enterotoxigenic diarrhoea is examined in the light of recent knowledge on toxin receptor interaction, which has greatly contributed to new vaccine as well as drug development in this disease condition.