[Current epidemiology of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Republic of Uzbekistan].

It has been established that the Republic of Uzbekistan is divided into two strata by the epidemic risk for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL). The distribution of ZCL endemicity in Urbekistan coincides with that of great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus), the main natural reservoir of leishmaniasis pathogens. In the past 34 years, there have been 8 epidemiological rises in the incidence of ZCL, which are associated with a large number of great gerbils and Ph. papatasis mosquitoes providing the epidemiological process.

[Study of the incomplete antibodies in a population of different age groups in foci of bovine brucellosis in Kashka-Darya Province]. / Izuchenie nepolnykh antitel u naseleniia razlichnykh vozrastnykh grupp v ochagakh brutselloza krupnogo rogatogo skota Kashkadar'inskoi oblasti.

Antiglobulin Coombs' test was included into the complex of sero-allergic reactions used for selection of the groups of population to be vaccinated by epidemiological indications, for the purpose of studying the incomplete antibodies in age aspect under conditions of the existing foci of brucellosis infection. A total of 1904 persons were examined. Incomplete antibodies were found with equal frequency in the blood serum of children and in adults of the population of the Kashka-Dariya region of Uzbek SSR residing in the foci of cattle brucellosis; it was revealed in 40.3% of children aged from 7 to 10 to 10 years, in 45.6% of children aged from 11 to 14 years, and in 42.3% of adults aged from 31 to 40 years.