[The information value of a method of examining for helminthiasis using an ocular spatula with an adhesive layer].

The paper outlines a new method for examining the population and animals for some helminthiases and results of its testing in different cities and towns of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. The recommended method is shown to be of high informative value, easy-to-use, hygienic, and efficient. It should be more widely used to diagnose enterobiasis, Taeniarhynchus infection in human beings and taeniasis and nematodiases (toxocariasis) in animals. The method has been approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and recommended for its use at the Health care institutions and centers of sanitary and epidemiological surveillance.