MEDICAL - EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250536-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 536
• Publication Date: September 20, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Medical - Epidemiology
Bimonthly periodical
Moscow
Jul. - Aug 1949
Russian
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At the :fifth conference on parasitological problems, held in Leningrad
2 - 8 April 19349, new light was thrown upon the importance of the ticks Ornithodorus
papillipes as carriers of tick-borne relapsing typhus by experimental data on the
trans-ovary transmissic' of spirochetes from the infected tick female to its first
and second generations and possible even further.
Field work being conducted in the environs of Saratov from the base of the
Saratov Zoologico-Veterinary Institute to directly related to the problem of steppe
reforestation; progress has already been made in determining changes of tick fauna
in relation to their geographical expansion.
A number of reports on fleas dealt with the importance of some forms in
transmitting causative agents of malignant diseases. Some other reports submitted
were: the ecology of the Ceratopsyllus mokzeckyi; the role of fleas in transmitting
tularemia; and a simple ana effective method of drawing fleas away from their
habitats. A new development in biology in time study of the relationship between
the vemipsilla of Kirgiz CSR and its host and the development of measures to eliminate
t e I utter.
The exhibition of four parasitological films, "Tick-borne Encephalitis (Academician
;P. F. Pavlovskiy)," "Nidi of Japsmebe Encephalitis (P. A. Petrishcl.evaya)," and
"The Fight Against Subcutaneous Gadflies of Large Horned Cattle" demonstrated the
importance of this form of propaganda of parasitological methods in the control of
parasites and carriers a a also revealed.lte importance or scientific documentation
in parasitological research.
Having reviewed the accomplishments of Soviet scientific research institutions
and authors in the study and mass application of new insecticides, the conference deems
it necessary ton (a) extend the application of hexachlorane substances to a eider
circle of phlebotcsic veto-parasite carriers -- gave-hesachlorane substances are
worthy of special attention in this respect; (b) obtain factory production of aerosol
bombs (Nikolayev with collaborators), aerosol paper, insecticide candles, and insecticide
emulsions from DDT and hexachlorane; (c) 4.nteasify work in protecting men aad animals
from vermin when in the open by using new and sturdier screertng devicies and ccocentrate
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of very close coordination between parasitologists and doctors giving medical assistance
to reforestation workers in connection with the possible appearance of diseases due
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Biocenotic studies of burrows will define the northern borders as to the
spread of eandflies (Phlebotomus) and ticks of the Ornithodorus family. This will
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activity of certain insecticides; and (3) continue the search for new synthetic
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epizootological sigriifica::ce, then the subsequent problem, is to carry out comparative
quantitative study of'these forms to clarify their seeaona.'_ dynamics and conditions
in their active attacks on men and animals using appropriate methods for collecting
the required materials. Steppe fauna may serve as a source for the appearance of
parasites and disease carriers; for example, the steppe zone is an endemic area at
tick-borne rickettaiesis transmitted by the ticks Dermacentor ;iuttalli, Dermacentor
pictus, and othe's.
.If the first task of parasitologists is to clarify the general composition of
external parasite and carrier fauna and determine these vi e idemi
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north'shore of the Caspian, and the Steppe territory of Kazakh SSR, not having been
investigated, forma blank space on the map shoving the geographical propagation of
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Searches for the natural nidi of tick-borne rickettsiosis are particularly
recommended, since vast. spaces in the southeastern sections -'f the Ukraine, the
territories between the lower Don and Voiga. the northern Cauca
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All parasitological studies linked with steppe reforestation must be directed
toward working out measures to prevent men and animals from being infected with
infectious and parasitic diseases which may be caused by changes in parasite and carrier
fauna under new agricultural conditions.
A number of reports touched upon problems relating to the further development of
endemic parasitology (mosquito fauna of Gor'kiy Oblast', ixodid ticks of Georgia, Kirgiz,
Belorussia, areas along the lower Volga, etc.). A detailed study of endemic parasitology
of infectious diseases in West Siberia should be planned in particular. The problem
of planning endemic parasitological studies will be included in the Sixth Conference
on Parasitological Problems.
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