The International Conference on Parasitology will be held on September 23-24 in Vitebsk

September 22, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. An international scientific and practical conference on parasitology will be held on September 23-24 at the Vitebsk State Medical University with the participation of more than 140 specialists, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Vladislav Bekish, Head of the Department of Medical Biology and General Genetics of the university, told a BELTA correspondent. The event is being held in Vitebsk for the seventh time and traditionally brings together a wide representation of domestic and foreign specialists. This year, representatives of leading scientific centers, educational and research institutions, and sanitary-epidemiological services from more than 20 regions of Russia (from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk), Ukraine, Poland, as well as from all regions of Belarus, have shown interest in the forum. The conference will discuss problems related to the spread of parasitic diseases, epidemiological surveillance of malaria and tick-borne infections, the pathogenic effects of parasitic protozoa and helminths on the body, including damage to the hereditary apparatus of humans and animals in parasitic diseases. Specialists will share achievements in this field of medicine, consider issues of diagnosis and treatment of parasitic diseases, and familiarize themselves with the development of new methods of combined treatment of diseases, including helminthiasis. The work of the conference will be organized into three sections: "Medical Parasitology," "Biological Foundations of Parasitism," and "Veterinary Parasitology." Healthcare specialists will undergo training at a scientific and practical seminar dedicated to the treatment of a number of parasitic diseases, including ascariasis and trichinellosis. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Health of Belarus, the Department of Medical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and the Vitebsk State Medical University.-0-