A lecture at the "Energy of Science" festival at the Nuclear Energy Information Center (NEIC) in Krasnoyarsk on April 10, 2024. What are parasites and how to combat them? Real scientific data and online horror stories.

Krasnoyarsk Institute of Epidemiology and Atomic Energy: https://vk.com/myatom_krsk
Presentation: https://disk.yandex.ru/i/arpbvSpeOwzltg

01:15 - Definition of parasitism
03:32 - Classification of parasites
09:00 - Potentially endangered species of human ectoparasites
09:55 - Ticks as ectoparasites
20:24 - "Every second person is infected with parasites," the nuances of statistics
27:15 - "14 million deaths from parasites per year," the nuances of statistics-2
28:00 - Toxocara and toxocariasis
29:54 - Dirofilaria and dirofilariasis
32:03 - Trichinella and trichinosis
34:18 - Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis
42:50 - Diagnostic difficulties and quack methods of detecting parasites
49:50 - Quack and real antiparasitic remedies
58:37 - Treatment for helminths
1:00:30 - Approaches to prevention
1:08:45 - What to read
1:09:54 - Answers to questions