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1 . 2014
Parasitical diseases
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Editorial

Editorial

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News

News

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Russian continuous medical education

Practitioner’s motivation for continuing medical education

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The article discussed issues concerning the problems of motivation physicians for continuing medical education in the light of current legal documents adopted in the Russian Federation.
Scientific reviews

Parasitic deseases: сurrent theraputic and other problems

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Distribution and prevalence of parasitic diseases are discussed. Main clinical features and attempts to radical therapy are discussed. Why this pathology named neglected diseases is debated.

The clinical masks of parasitic diseases

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Detailed clinical characteristics of 125 patients (75 adults and 50 children) with parasitic diseases are presented. Patients with protozoan infections, lumen′s and tissue helminthic infections, larva migrans syndrome, and diseases caused by arthropods with symptoms

Parasitiс allergy

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Parasitic diseases often found among people of all countries and occupied according to World Healt h Organization the third – the fourth place. The immune response includes sensitization of parasite’s antigens and immunosuppression. Additionally parasitic

Modern domestic antiparasitic drugs for mass helminthosises treatment

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Modern Russian-made antipaarasitic drugs for wide spread helminthic infections are discussed. Indications and doses of anthelminthic are presented.

Molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases

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Results and perspectives of molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases are discussed. Application of PCR for diagnostic purposes of protozoan infections and dirofilariasis is presented.

Malaria: diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis

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The early detection of malaria imported cases i n Russian Federation and its efficacious treatment are significant tasks for physicians. For prevention of the re-introduction of local malaria transmission on malariogenic territories in the malaria season need to develop and

The first case of tertian malaria Chesson strain import into the territory of the Russian Federation

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An imported case of Chesson strain Plasmodium vivax to Moscow is presented. In the absence of radical treatment with primaquine the patient experienced a series of 5 subsequent relapses after treatment with Delagil (chloroquine).

Imported leishmaniasis: differential diagnosis and treatment

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There are only imported cases of leishmanioses registered in the Russian Federation. Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of these exotic for Russia parasitoses are well described by various authors. It appears that clinical, diagnostic and treatment approaches are

Echinococcosises: treatment approaches

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Problems of echinococcosis treatment are still in effect for many Russian regions because of it’s high social importance. Bad clinical outcomes that are connected with late diagnostics and inadequate treatment, requires the improvements in the treatment and diagnostic

Anisacidosis – an accruing social problem

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Anisakiasis – parasitic disease of human GI tract manifested by cramping abdominal pain and vomiting, that resulted from ingestion of uncooked marine fish containing larval ascaridoid nematodes. Diagnosis made by gastroscopic examination and recognition of small larvae

Scabies: dermatologist’s view

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Scabies is the returning parasitic disease more common for socially disadvantaged groups of people. Because of it’s appearance high suspicion of physicians at the primary health-care level that may meet this practice is necessary. Clinical symptoms, modern diagnostic
Rare parasitic diseases

Alariosis

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Alariasis is caused of Alaria spp. larves. Consumption of frog’s legs are the main cause of human infection. Clinical features range from asymptomatic till fatal.

Pentastomosis – the «forgotten» pathology

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Pentastomiases are parasitic infections caused by parasites of mammals and reptiles. Men are infected through uncooked meat, contaminated water, and products developed from reptiles. The disease varied from asymptomatic to fatal.
Practitioner’s consult

Antiretroviral therapy and therapy of chronic hepatitis С in HIV-infected patients

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Modern regimens of antiretroviral therapy can significantly improve the lifetime and quality of life of patients with co-infection HIV/HCV. Therefore, the appointment of the treatment of HIV infection and chronic hepatitis C should consider the likelihood drug-drug
Clinical tests

Medical parasitology. General questions

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Clinical Parasitology. Clinical problems

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CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)

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