title: [The cholera epidemic in mountainous regions of Dagestan in relation to the probable role of the water factor in its spread].
abstract: The follow-up of dynamics of cholera epidemic in 1994 was made in 4 mountain regions of Daghestan with shared river system. There were 537 infection cases in these regions, which was equal to 1/4 from the total number of cholera patients in Daghestan. The probability of cholera distribution by water way has been shown, which can be related to massive dissemination with V. cholerae in river, drink and waste water both from active, and from local (intrahospital) epidemic sources. Vibrio's exit from cholera hospital became possible after dissemination intrahospital V. cholerae of waste water, after contamination of river water and after formation of secondary sources and cholera waves, which resulted in the prolongation up to 40 days of this infection in mountain regions of Daghestan.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Onishchenko
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Toporkov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Prometnoĭ
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Naumov
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D003610:Dagestan / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012621:Seasons; D012722:Sewage; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage
vernacular_title: Epidemiia kholery v nekotorykh gornykh raĭonakh Dagestana v sviazi s veroiatnoĭ rol'iu vodnogo faktora v ee rasprostranenii.