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Evstafiev, I. 2026. Medical theriology in Crimea: a historical sketch of the work of zoologists of the Crimean anti-plague station and Crimean SES. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 238–247. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1823

title

Medical theriology in Crimea: a historical sketch of the work of zoologists of the Crimean anti-plague station and Crimean SES

author(s)

Igor Evstafiev (Crimean Republican Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, Simferopol, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1586-8411

abstract

The impetus for the development of the medical branch of theriology was the development of the theory of natural foci, which was substantiated by Academician E. Pavlovsky. The current problem of medical theriology is to elucidate the mechanisms of functioning of natural foci and fluctuations in their activity, which is impossible without constant epizootological monitoring. Medical theriologists of Crimea — A. Alekseev, A. Dulitsky, V. Chirniy, L. Arutiunian, M. Tovpinets, and others — have studied the foci of a number of natural focal zoonoses on the territory of the Crimean peninsula and outlined their boundaries; the composition and role of the main reservoirs and carriers of infections have been determined; the fauna of mammals and the composition of their background ectoparasite fauna have been studied. Regular monitoring of all members of natural zoonotic foci within a certain territory is essential to prevent human illness and to ensure the early elimination of new foci among animals and humans.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

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date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026