[Parasitic diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic: epidemiological aspects].

The paper analyzes the epidemiological situation associated with intestinal helminthic and protozoan diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic in the past 17 years (1991-2007). The analysis suggests that parasitic diseases are of wide spread in the republic. In the structure of infectious diseases, parasitic diseases account for 45%.

[Clinical characteristics of tertian malaria in the population of Kyrgyzstan under repeated outbreak of the disease].

In the period of an epidemic outbreak, tertian malaria is registered at a high rate among children, which has a characteristic sign of local transmission via malaria mosquitoes. The case histories of 66 patients with tertian malaria, including 27 children aged 10 months to 15 years, treated at the infection unit of Tashkumyr town hospital in July to August 2006, were the subject of this investigation. In childhood malaria, the specific feature of feverish paroxysm is daily fever with evident symptoms of intoxication and signs of neurotoxicosis.