[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Rostov Province: the epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak]. / Krymskaia-Kongo gemorragicheskaia likhoradka v Rostovskoi oblasti: épidemiologicheskie osobennosti vspyshki.

The results of the epidemiological analysis of the outbreak of hemorrhagic fever which was caused by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and occurred during the period of July 3-19, 1999, in the Oblivskaya district of Rostov Province are presented. The specific epidemiological features of the outbreak have been determined. The possible versions of the appearance of the focus of infection and the role of Ixodes ticks in the circulation of the infective agent are discussed.

[Epidemiologic characterization of Brucellosis under modern conditions]. / Epidemiologicheskaia kharakteristika brutseleza v sovremennykh usloviiakh.

The spread of brucella infection under modern conditions of cattle breeding were studied with the foci in the Rostov region taken as an example. The main epidemiological features and tendencies of epidemiological importance were established. To find out specific antigen in different environmental objects, the approbation of the enzyme immunoassay test systems was carried out and the possibility of their use at the institutions of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological inspection was shown.

[The routes of the spread of cholera in the Shamil'skii Mountain District of Dagestan]. / Puti rasprostraneniia kholery v Shamil'skom gornom raione Dagestana.

The routes of the spread of cholera were analyzed in 273 patients and Vibrio carriers during the outbreak of cholera in a mountainous region of Daghestan during the period of July 18 to September 4, 1994. Cholera was found to spread mainly after funeral repasts and condolence visits accompanied by the dispensation of foodstuffs, transmission being realized through alimentary and contact routes. Under the conditions of the absence of the centralized water supply system in mountain villages and the contamination of water in open reservoirs it was found to be expedient to use, in addition to the recommended complex of antiepidemic measures, small automatic filtration units.

[The complex study of the epidemic situation and of the immunological structure of the population in brucellosis foci]. / Kompleksnoe izuchenie épidemicheskoi situatsii i immunologicheskoi struktury naseleniia v ochagakh brutselleza.

As the result of the complex clinico-laboratory examination of 265 cattle breeders working on 5 farms where cases of brucellosis among agricultural animals had been detected, 62 persons (21.8%) were found to have the positive reaction to brucellosis. A strikingly high proportion (38.3%) of infected persons was found among the workers of a cattle-feeding complex. Out of 62 persons with the positive reaction to brucellosis, 32 had different clinical manifestations of the disease. Treatment for all persons who needed it was organized, the rest were placed under dispensary observation. Regular complex clinico-laboratory examinations of cattle breeders to brucellosis were recommended.

[Assessing the level of the informed knowledge of the population on the AIDS problem by an anonymous questionnaire]. / Otsenka urovnia informativnosti naseleniia o probleme SPID metodom anonimnogo anketirovaniia.

Differences in the volume of information, spread among different groups of the population, on the problems of the transmission and prophylaxis of AIDS have been revealed by the method of anonymous questioning through the distribution of questionnaires. Persons belonging to the risk group, i. e. patients with venereal diseases, have shown a particularly low level of knowledge. The insufficient use of various forms and methods of health education has been established.