The article is dedicated to the outstanding scientist-epidemiologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, academician, major general of the medical service Vitaly Dmitrievich Belyakov. The main stages of the biography and scientific path of Academician V. D. Belyakov, noted for his services in the development of epidemiology and medicine in general. V. D. Belyakov was a reformer and innovator in the field of epidemiological practice and education in the field of all preventive medicine. The theory of internal regulation of parasitic systems developed by the scientist, which describes the mechanisms of formation and manifestation of the epidemic process, is the theoretical basis of epidemiology.

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