[An epidemiological investigation of a tularemia outbreak in Smolensk Province]. / Epidemiologicheskoe rassledovanie vspyshki tuliaremii v Smolenskoi oblasti.

The investigation of the epidemic outbreak of tularemia morbidity among the population of Vyaz'ma, was carried out. In this investigation the disease was shown to be transmitted by the water route due to contamination of water in the local water mains as the result of serious violations of the rules of using water supply systems. In the process of the investigation of this outbreak a natural focus of tularemia, not registered heretofore, was discovered. The work emphasizes the inadmissibility of deviations from the generally accepted tactics of tularemia control, consisting of a complex of prophylactic measures, such as the vaccination of the population, deratization and disinfection, the examination of the foci of infection, state sanitary surveillance, especially with regard to the sources of water supply and the quality of water preparation, raising the level of professional skills of the personnel and sanitary education.

[An operative analysis of the cholera epidemic in the Republic of Dagestan using a computer database]. / Operativnyi analiz épidemii kholery v Respublike Dagestan s ispol'zovaniem komp'iuternoi bazy dannykh.

The epidemiological information on cholera epidemic in Daghestan during the period of June 6 to October 21, 1994, based on the data obtained from 2,327 patients and Vibrio carriers in 184 settlements of 27 regions, 8 towns and 1 housing estate, was collected, systematized and analyzed with the use of the data base (DB). The use of DB made it possible to carry out the surveillance of the level of and dynamics of morbidity and infections rates, to determine the territories of risk, the age and social groups of risk, the active routes and factors of transmission. DB may be used for analyzing of operative and current epidemiological information in cholera and other infections.