title: [Problems of the prevalence and course of rheumatism under the ecological conditions of western Turkmenia].
abstract: It was shown by multi-factorial epidemiological survey of the prevalence of rheumatic fever in Western Turkmenia that in this region, it was higher than in the regions of Turkmenia with moderate climatic conditions. In Western Turkmenia, rheumatic fever still remains to be one of the prevalent diseases. The greatest disease incidence was revealed among the young population under 30 years of age. The rheumatic fever was mostly characterized by the latent onset (30.7%), predominance of minimal activity (75.9%), and high incidence of heart diseases (87.4%). The streptococcal infection incidence was found to be high enough, being related to the prevalence of rheumatic fever. The described features of the prevalence and progress of rheumatic fever are likely to originate from the effects of a number of the local ecological factors: extremal climatic conditions, young age of the population with a large proportion of the organized community, predominance of large families, and so forth. On planning the program of the community health services for rheumatic fever it is necessary to take into account the ecological conditions of the individual regions of Western Turkmenia.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Seitnepesov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002980:Climate; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D014423:Turkmenistan; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Nekotorye voprosy rasprostranennosti i techeniia revmatizma v ékologicheskikh usloviiakh Zapadnoĭ Turkmenii.