Studies of blackfly vectors of Onchocerca dewittei japonica Uni, Bain & Takaoka (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), a parasite of wild boar implicated in the aetiology of zoonotic onchocerciasis in Japan, and six other zoonotic Onchocerca species of this country are reviewed. Molecular identification of infective larvae found in wild-caught female blackflies showed that Simulium bidentatum (Shiraki) (D...

In 40 cases of human paragonimiases caused by Paragonimus westermani (20 cases), P. miyazakii (10 cases), and P. skrjabini (10 cases), responses of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgG subclasses, and IgE were analyzed by immunoblotting with crude antigens prepared from egg, 4-week-old juvenile, and adult forms of P. westermani. The 32- and 35-kDa proteins in the adult extracts showed specific rea...

This article involves the fauna and ecological features of helminths cattle in various biocenoses Uzbekistan. Based on many years our own research analysis literature data, 71 species were identified Uzbekistan, which 12 belong to class cestodes, trematodes 47 nematodes. Of Republic, 1 (Stephanofilaria assamensis) was noted by us for first time CIS 11 (Moniezia alba, Trichocephalus globulosa, B...