Parasitosis as comorbidities among the population of the Republic of Ingushetia

Plieva Aishet Magomedovna, Izmailova Malikan Abdrakhmanovna

In recent decades, there has been an increase in the parasitic infection of people in many regions of the world. There are more than 270 species of helminths, parasitic in humans. In the Russian Federation, 70 species have been found, of which 30 are widespread, 12 of them are subject to official registration. The aim of the study was to identify infection with parasites, patients who were examined in the laboratory, on the background of clinical blood analysis. Subjects were divided into two groups: I – children under 18 years and II groups – 18 years and older. The material for the study was the blood of 268 patients of the clinical laboratory aged from one year to 79 years. Immunoglobulins of class G to Ascaris lumbricoides, Ciardia lamblia, Toxocara canis, Echinococcus granulosus were detected in the serum of venous blood of patients by ELISA using appropriate reagent kits manufactured by JSC "Vector – best". The subjects were divided into two age groups: up to eighteen years (139 people) and eighteen and older (129 people - adults). The overall rate of infection (out of 268 examined for 176 cases of detected antibodies to parasites) was 65.7%, of which 59.1% were children under the age of 18 and 40.9% were adults. Patients who do not know about the infection with helminths or protozoa, at 21.7%/of the cases was invasionary with Ascaris, 10,5%/cases - Toxocara and 33.6%/of cases infected with Giardia. All subjects with a positive response to parasitosis revealed eosinophilia from 7 to 15 units.

Keywords:parasitosis, ascariasis, giardiasis, toxocariasis, ELISA diagnostics