Epidemiologic surveillance and prophylaxis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Russian Federation
Onishchenko, G.G.; Ezhlova, E.B.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 4: 23-32
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 24341211 Document Number: 669655
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) remains an actual natural-focal non-transmissible infection comprising more than 90% in structure of all the hemorrhagic fevers registered on the territory of Russian Federation. On the whole in multiyear dynamics of HFRS morbidity in Russia a pronounced tendency of growth with an average increase of morbidity of 1.7% per year that is caused by both improvement of clinical and laboratory diagnostics and objective increase of morbidity is noted. Currently a regulatory methodical base for organization of epidemiologic surveillance and prophylaxis of HFRS in Russian Federation is created.