Rodents as the vectors of infective agents in the natural foci of infections in the Moscow megapolis
Rodina, L.V.; Timoshkov, V.V.; Manenkova, G.M.; Tsvil', L.A.; Salova, N.Ia.; Golovanova, V.P.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2005(5): 90-93
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 16279545 Document Number: 585826
This work deals with the results of 40-year observations on the circulation of infective agents in the natural foci of infections (tularemia, leptospirosis, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome) among rodents and other small mammals in the territory of the Moscow. The monitoring of their frequency and the infection rates remains the main effective measure for the prophylaxis of dangerous infections among the population of the megapolis.