ABSTRACT
The data on the morbidity in infectious diseases in the Chechen Republic in recent years are presented. As revealed from these data, under the conditions of the crisis situation the tendency towards the deterioration of the epidemiological situation began to show from the beginning of the 1990s. The growth of morbidity in some infections was registered, the outbreaks of dangerous infections (cholera, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, typhoid fever) appeared. The armed conflicts led to the disintegration of the sphere of social services of the republic and were accompanied by the destruction of the systems of the life support of the population, the deterioration of the quality of antiepidemic measures and by the practically complete incapacity of the local sanitary and epidemiological service to ensure the realization of measures for epidemiological surveillance, as well as measures for the control of infections and their prophylaxis.
Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks , Infections/epidemiology , Virus Diseases/epidemiology , Warfare , Cholera/epidemiology , Cholera/prevention & control , Communicable Disease Control , Diphtheria/epidemiology , Diphtheria/prevention & control , Humans , Poliomyelitis/epidemiology , Poliomyelitis/prevention & control , Prevalence , Russia/epidemiology , Virus Diseases/prevention & controlABSTRACT
The results of the epidemiological investigation of the outbreak of typhoid fever in Achkhoi-Martan region are presented. During the period from December 1999 to April 2000 the disease was diagnosed in 43 persons. The cases of the disease were registered in 3 settlements: Lermontov-Yurt, Kulary and Sernovodsk. The pronounced focal character of the disease was noted with the prevalence of family foci with two or more cases of the disease. This conclusion was based on the fact that at the initial stages of the formation of the foci the leading role belonged to the water factor of the transmission of the disease: water from irrigation ditches used by the population for both drinking and household needs. The unusual season when this outbreak took place (the cold time of the year) was due to highly unfavorable sanitary and hygienic conditions formed as the result of the antiterrorist operation.
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Disease Outbreaks , Typhoid Fever/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Rural Population , Russia/epidemiology , Seasons , Warfare , Water SupplyABSTRACT
The epizootological and epidemiological situation in Grozny and in the Urus-Martan region of the Chechen Republic has been analyzed. The settlements most threatened with this disease have been determined. Unfavorable epizootic and epidemiological situation in the republic in the near future is predicted.
