METHODS OF STUDYING THE ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF AFLATOXICOSIS, WHICH ARE NOW COMMON, AND EASY EXPLANATION OF THE TOPIC TO STUDENTS

Abstract

Aflatoxicosis is a mycotoxicosis caused by secondary metabolites of aflatoxigenic fungi. Aflatoxins (AFTS) were first isolated in 1961 from peanut flour contaminated with the mold fungus Aspergillus flavus. Subsequently, the symptom complex associated with the use of contaminated products was called aspergilloflavotoxicosis, or aflatoxicosis. The last major outbreak of aflatoxicosis with fatal outcomes was registered in Tanzania in 2016.