EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC PROCESS OF INTESTINAL INVASIONS IN UKRAINE

Authors

  • V.R. Shahinian Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine
  • I.V. Filchakov Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine
  • O.P. Danko Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine
  • H.V. Sopil Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine
  • S.P. Yasenovy Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2022.2.13185

Keywords:

epidemic process, intestinal invasions, infestation

Abstract

SUMMARY. The aim of the work is to study the course of the epidemic process of intestinal invasions in Ukraine on the basis of the data analysis of statistical reporting forms of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the results of own parasitological researches.

Indicators of infestation of the population of Ukraine with the most common helminths: roundworms and pinworms were analyzed. To analyze the dynamics of invasiveness indicators, the average indicators for the periods were calculated: 1984–1988, 1994–1998, 2009–2014. The dynamics of detection of intestinal parasites was analyzed based on the results of research conducted at the Institute during 1995-2020.

According to the statistical reports of the Ministry of Health, there is a pronounced tendency to reduce the incidence of intestinal parasitosis, which is explained by a decrease in the number of parasitological studies and the widespread use of anthelmintic drugs for prophylactic purposes. It will be possible to assess the possible negative consequences of such practices only later. According to our own observations, there is a dynamic to increase the prevalence of intestinal parasites due to protozoa, in particular Blastocystis spp. At present, we observe a picture of evolutionary changes in the species composition of human intestinal parasites in the direction of the dominance of protozoa with low pathogenic properties.

Author Biographies

V.R. Shahinian, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

MD, Senior researcher, Head of the Department of Diagnostics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the NAMS of Ukraine

I.V. Filchakov, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Senior researcher, Leading researcher of the Department of Diagnostics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease of the NAMS of Ukraine

O.P. Danko, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Senior researcher of the Department of Diagnostics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the NAMS of Ukraine

H.V. Sopil, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

Researcher of the Department of Diagnostics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the NAMS of Ukraine

S.P. Yasenovy, Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, the NAMS of Ukraine

head of the Department of Viral Hepatitis of Lev Hromashevskyi Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the NAMS of Ukraine

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Published

2022-09-27

How to Cite

Shahinian, V., Filchakov, I., Danko, O., Sopil, H., & Yasenovy, S. (2022). EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC PROCESS OF INTESTINAL INVASIONS IN UKRAINE. Infectious Diseases – Infektsiyni Khvoroby, (2), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2022.2.13185

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No. 2 (2022)

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Original investigations

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