ACADEMICIAN V.D. BELYAKOV AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
The article traces the main stages of the biography and creative path of academician V.D. Belyakov, notes his achievements in the development of medicine, the desire to create a unified epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases. Priority researches are indicated in the allocation of epidemiological diagnostics as an independent section of epidemiology, which contributed to the creation of automated information systems for managing anti-epidemic protection. The article highlights the significance for medical science and practical health care of the concept developed by the scientist about the development of the epidemic process, which is registered as a scientific discovery and is called the theory of self-regulation of parasitic systems. Attention is paid to the discussion and sharp criticism of the theory by the medical community, the long struggle for recognition of the fundamental and universal nature of the new teaching.