[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.