The Incidence of Trichinosis in the Ural Federal District

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to summarize and analyze long-term scientific and practical materials about the rates and trends in the incidence of trichinosis, to identify the routes of disease transmission in the population, both traditional and emerging, and possible options of their prevention in the Ural Federal District (UFD). Materials and methods: We used data from collections of statistical and analytical materials “The Incidence of Protozoa and Helminthiases in the Population of the Russian Federation” by the Federal Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiologic Surveillance and later by the Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Federal Service for Surveillance in the Sphere of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) and data reports of the local regional services responsible for trichinosis control for 1996–2014. Topical scientific publications since 1960s became an additional important source of information. We applied the analytical method and a method of comparative historical research to achieve the study goals. Results: The article demonstrates the urgency of the problem of trichinosis in the subjects of the Ural Federal District. With regular population outreach and comprehensive preventive measures, the incidence of trichinosis, brought to the level of sporadic in the Ural Federal District, has not reached a stable state. In the presence of natural reservoirs of trichinella with a real and potential danger of transition to a synanthropic habitat, facts of violation of legislation in the field of wildlife hunting, the existence of social and economic prerequisites, and increased risks of infection of the population associated with new forms of management in the production and sale of meat products, cooperation of governmental and supervisory authorities in preventing trichinosis transmission in the human environment acquires particular importance.