title: [Criteria of the epidemiological surveillance of meningococcal infection].
abstract: The results of studies carried out with the use of the unified, specially developed methods in eight regions of the USSR are generalized. Basing on the analysis of the results, the leading role of serogroup A meningococci in the rise of morbidity is emphasized, the relation of the morbidity level to the serogroup composition of meningococci circulating among healthy population is revealed, the necessity of carrying out selective bacteriological surveys with a view to establish the serogroups of meningococci circulating among the population is shown. The expedient criteria to be used in the system of epidemiological surveillance of meningococcal infection are presented.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002353:Carrier State; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects; D012703:Serotyping; D013424:Sulfanilamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013424:Sulfanilamides
vernacular_title: K voprosu o kriteriiakh épidemiologicheskogo nadzora za meningokokkovoĭ infektsiei.