title: [The mechanisms maintaining epidemic foci of leptospirosis].
abstract: 24,419 samples of blood serum, collected in the Azerbaijan SSR among different professional groups of the population, have been tested for leptospirosis. The comparison of the results with those obtained in the natural foci of leptospirosis and in the foci of this infection appearing as a consequence of human activities has made it possible to come to the conclusion that the epidemic foci of leptospirosis are maintained due to the existence of foci among cattle. The cases of contamination among persons professionally linked with large cattle breeding complexes have been found to exceed those among persons working at farms of a nonindustrial type.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Agaev
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001382:Azerbaijan / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D041341:Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary
vernacular_title: Mekhanizmy podderzhaniia épidemicheskikh ochagov leptospirozov.