[ZIKA FEVER: CLINICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, LABORATORY, AND DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS].

The authors overview data on the prevalence of Zika fever with reference to biological properties of the causative agent, epidemiological process, pathogenesis, and clinical symptoms of the disease. Special attention is given to the identification of the virus in pregnant women, microcephaly in the babies born by Zika-infected women, algorithm of laboratory diagnostics, and measures needed to prevent and control mosquitoes that spread viruses.

[Prospective planning of activity of the Medical service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2016-2020].

The article reflects the characteristics of the Plan of activities of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation for 2016-2020--an important long-term planning document of the Armed Forces. It stressed the need for synchronization of activities for chain of command and deadline. Presented structure of the Medical Service Plan Military District operations (fleet) military medical organization. The attention is focused on the content of its sections. For example, a military hospital layouts presented an action plan and a schedule of events. Reflecting the requirements of the Minister of Defense for the development and adjustment plans, indicators of their performance.

[Medical support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: results of activity and tasks for 2016].

The author gives an analysis of activity of the medical service of the Armed Forces in 2015 concerning development of normative legal basis for the military health care, improvement of the level of operational and mobilization readiness of subunits of army group, and military-medical institutions, improvement of effectiveness of treatment and evacuation measures, health resort treatment, medical stuff training optimization, sanitary-and-epidemiologic support, material and technical support improvement, adoption of advanced scientific achievements focusing on medical care delivery to army group, active development and increase in medical information systems, telehealth. system. The author gives data characterizing state and level of development of medical service of the Armed Forces and its dynamics. Main tasks and parameters of development of the service in 2016 and up to 2020 are formulated.

[Stiffness of the arterial wall and predicted vascular age as a predictor of cardiovascular disease when stress-induced hypertension in the military personnel].

Stiffness of the arterial wall and predicted vascular age as a predictor of cardiovascular disease when stress-induced hypertension in the military personnel. On the basis of the study of 156 men aged 30-55 years are considered diagnostic methods for stress-induced hypertension in the military personnel. Furthermore, using modern diagnostic methods determined stress effect on the development of stress-induced hypertension, and also the risk of cardiovascular diseases. In order to detect early signs of atherosclerosis used sphygmography, by means of which was determined by cardio ankle vascular index (CA VI), as well as the calculated vascular age. The study proposed a set of organizational, diagnostic and therapeutic measures to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases among military personnel exposed to occupational stressful load.

[Zika virus infection: clinical and diagnostic aspects and organization of preventive measures].

The article presents modem data about Zika virus outbreak, the biological characteristics of the pathogen, vectors, the nature of the epidemic process, pathogenesis and diagnosis of infection. This infection has a high potential for epidemic spread because vectors are widely represented in the fauna of many climatic and geographic zones. It presents information on the main clinical manifestations of the disease. Particular attention is paid to the problem of congenital maiformations of the nervous system (microcephaly and others) detected in infants born to women infected with Zika virus. The basis of therapy in this disease constitute a pathogenic agent. The'package of, measures for the prevention of disease caused by Zika virus, including early identification and treatment of patients, as well as measures for the destruction of the virus vectors.

[Medical and technical means for united circle of evacuation measures in military-medical organisations of the Ministry of Defence].

Experts of the medical service of the Armed Forces carried out an analysis of capabilities of modern Russian enterprises and their innovative projects regarding creation of unified means of evacuation of wounded and providing to them necessary types of emergency care with the use of existing and future special and regular means of transport for medical evacuation. As a result of the work of industrial enterprises of the OAO Kazan "Vertoletniy Zavod", "Zarechie", "Vysota" was created a device for the medical evacuation of severe wounded patients. The device is designed for medical evacuation of severe wounded patients from the military medical unit to the site providing comprehensive medical care with maintenance of vital functions and monitoring of his condition. Testing was conducted on the products of regular vehicles medical company of one of the brigades of the Western Military District. The device was presented at the special tactical exercises the Armed Forces Medical Service "Frontier-2014", "Innovation Day" of the Defence Ministry in 2014.

[Organisation of medical care delivery to citizens, enjoying a right to get medical care at military-medical organisations of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation].

One of the main priorities of the medical service of the armed forces of the Russian federation is a realization of rights for military retirees and members of their families to free medical care. For this purpose was founded a system of organization of medical care delivery at military-medical subdivisions, units and organizations of the ministry of defence of the Russian federation, based on territorial principle of medical support. In order to improve availability and quality of medical care was determined the order of free medical care delivery to military servicemen and military retirees in medical organizations of state and municipal systems of the health care.

[Who was the head of the General Military Medical Department in 1917-1918].

The article describes the history of the central governing body of the Russian military medicine - the General Military Medical-Department (GMMD) - during the most difficult period of its history - 1917-1918. There is still no clear evidence about the head of GMMD of those times in historical literature. The authors tried to reconstruct the history of GMMD during the revolution, gave the list of chiefs in chronological order on the basis of primary documents of the central military archives. The authors provide some biographical information about professors V.A. Yurevich and N.N. Burdenko, and also about A. Ya.Evdokimov, A.A. Tsvetaev and others, who headed GMMD, etc. for the first time.

[EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER: DIAGNOSTICS, ETIOTROPIC AND PATHOGENETIC THERAPY, PREVENTION].

The data on diagnostics, etiotropic and pathogenetic therapy, prevention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever are presented including diagnostic algorithms for different clinical situations. Fundamentals of pathogenetic therapy are described. Various groups of medications used for antiviral therapy of conditions caused by Ebola virus are characterized. Experimental drugs at different stages of clinical studies are considered along with candidate vaccines being developed for the prevention of the disease.

[Equipment of field units of the medical service of the Armed Forces with modern medical complexes on the basis of pneumo-frame modules, and procedure of the use].

Equipment of field units or ine meaical service of the Armed Forces with modem medical complexes on the basis of pneumo-frame modules, and procedure of the use. On the basis of experience of medical supply in local wars and modern armed conflicts, when liquidating medical and sanitary disaster consequences the authors revealed the main organizational problems in army echelon of the medical service. It is shown that these problems can be solved by means of deployment of medical units and subunits. Requirements for means of deployment are defined. Present organic equipment is assessed. The authors showed advantages ofpneumo- framed modules, their tactic and technical characteristics, variants of the use when deploying army levels of field medical evacuation.