title: [Biological aspects of the problem of opisthorchiasis].
abstract: The paper reports the latest data concerning genesis and structure of opisthorchiasis area; biology, ecology, position in the system and distribution of the first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis felineus; peculiarities of infections with Opisthorchis of the first and second intermediate hosts. The methods of chemical control of mollusks, the first intermediate host of Opisthorchis, are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology; D008975:Molluscacides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009889:Opisthorchiasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D009891:Opisthorchis; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D008975:Molluscacides
vernacular_title: Biologicheskie aspekty problemy opistorkhoza.