[Human dirofilariasis in the Tula region].

The paper describes cases of dirofilariasis in the residents of Tula and the Tula Region. One of the cases does not fit into the traditional concepts. On excising a tumor in an adolescent, two live actively moving nonencapsulated helminths: a male and a female Dirofilaria repens worms were removed, which were identified at the parasitology laboratory, Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Tula Region.

[Toxocariasis in the Tula region].

Serological survey of 2586 persons with suspected toxocariasis revealed Toxocara antigen titers in 644 (24.9%). Canine toxocariasis affliction was 25%, environmental Toxocara egg contamination was 3.