Problem of diphyllobothriasis and the scientific and practical tasks in its control
Prokopenko, L.I.; Artamoshin, A.S.; Khodakova, V.I.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 45(2): 135-142
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 1024128 Document Number: 103669
The causes, sources and geographic distribution of diphyllobothriasis and other helminthiases in the USSR are outlined. Control of existing foci and prevention of spread to new territories, environmental protection from fecal contamination, decontamination of commercially caught fish (mainly pike, turbot and perch) and education of the population in heminthiasis prophylaxis are long-term projects for 1976-1980.