[The outlook for the development of the immunodiagnostic and immunoprophylactic trends in parasitology].

The current state of immunodiagnostic and immunopreventive trends in parasitology and prospects for their development are analysed. The prospects of immunodiagnosis seem to be in increased sensitivity and specificity of tests by improving the methods and using the achievements of biotechnology in the manufacturing of high quality antigenic and antibody reagents. The development of immunoprevention of parasitoses can be stimulated by further studies of the mechanisms of a protective immune response, ways of its enhancement, search for natural and design of synthetic protective antigens and elaboration of new methods of their biological transport. The importance of the studies of local immunity phenomena is stressed for the development of new effective methods of immunodiagnosis and immunoprevention of socially valuable human parasitoses.