[Helminthiasis in children--possible variants of symbiosis].

Actuality: protozoal diseases and helminthiases are an essential part of infectious diseases. The massive spread of parasitic diseases had been identified in all regions of the world, including in children., number of suffering from parasitic infections exceeds 20 million and has a tendency to increase in Russia.

[Treatment of giardia in children under current conditions: efficacy and choice of specific drug].

The formalin ester-enrichment test for giardiasis was used to examine 742 children aged under 14 years at children's clinical hospitals in the town of Perm in February to October 2000. All the children had symptoms of gastrointestinal lesions. Giardiasis was detected in 26.

[Outbreak of giardiasis at a preschool children establishment in the town of Perm'].

In November 2000, an outbreak of Giardiasis intestinalis with aqueous transmission was recorded in one of the microdistricts of Perm. Thirty six children aged 1-7 years fell ill, 2 parasitic carriers were identified among the staff. The diagnosis was parasitologically verified in all children with clinical manifestations.