RESULTS OF SANITARY AND PARASITOLOGICAL MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ADYGEA

Helminthiasis is 89.1% of the total parasitic morbidity of the population in the Russian Federation and currently remains one of the main global healthcare problems. A sanitary and parasitological monitoring of environmental objects as a parasitosis transmission factor provides for the indication of pathogens and the determination of contamination degree of various substrates, in particular soil. During 2022–2023, 3,339 sanitary and parasitological studies of samples collected in the Republic of Adygea (Adygea) were conducted. A seroepidemiological examination was conducted for specific antibodies to parasite antigens in 400 conditionally healthy residents. High rates of soil contamination with parasitic pathogens were observed in a number of Adygea areas. The research results indicate the satisfactory efficiency of sewage treatment facilities for parasitic safety in Adygea. No positive water samples from surface water bodies were detected. The analyzed results of a seroepidemiological examination of conditionally healthy population in Adygea showed that the proportion of persons seropositive for toxocariasis was the highest and amounted to 31.8%, which corresponds to the results of sanitary and parasitological studies. Given the well-known importance of toxocariasis pathogens in human pathology, it can be concluded that the soil of these territories poses a significant epidemiological danger to the population, which is also confirmed by detected specific class G antibodies to a toxocariasis pathogen in the material from conditionally healthy population.