Causes of cestodoses in humans in Primorsky Region

Authors

  • Alexey V. Ermolenko Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
  • Alexandr F. Popov Pacific State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia; Far Eastern Branch of the State Research and Testing Institute of Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Russia; Far East Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
  • Galina A. Zakharova Federal State Healthcare Institution “Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Primorsky Krai”, Vladivostok, Russia
  • Vladimir N. Kotelnikov Far Eastern Branch of the State Research and Testing Institute of Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Russia

Keywords:

Primorsky Region, causative agents of cestodoses in humans, distribution, treatment, prevention

Abstract

The article presents information about the species composition, distribution and life cycles of human cestodosis pathogens in Primorsky Krai. Potentially dangerous for people in this region are 18 species of cestodes, however, according to official data, only causative agents of hymenolepiasis, teniarhynchosis, teniasis, echinococcosis, and diphyllobothriasis have been identified. The issues of diagnosis, treatment and preventive measures of diseases are considered.

Author Biographies

Alexey V. Ermolenko, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

Candidate of Sciences in Biology, Senior Researcher 

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6316-7831

Alexandr F. Popov, Pacific State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia; Far Eastern Branch of the State Research and Testing Institute of Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Russia; Far East Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia

Doctor of Sciences in Medicine, Professor 

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5166-5569

Galina A. Zakharova, Federal State Healthcare Institution “Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Primorsky Krai”, Vladivostok, Russia

Head of the Department of Parasitology

http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5702-4357

Vladimir N. Kotelnikov, Far Eastern Branch of the State Research and Testing Institute of Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladivostok, Russia

Doctor of Sciences in Medicine, Professor

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-1322

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Published

2024-11-21

How to Cite

Ermolenko А. В., Popov А. Ф., Zakharova Г. А., & Kotelnikov В. Н. . (2024). Causes of cestodoses in humans in Primorsky Region. Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, (2), 133–144. Retrieved from http://vestnikdvo.ru/index.php/vestnikdvo/article/view/1183

Issue

No. 2 (2024)

Section

Biological sciences