title: [An improvement in the demonstration of the causative agents of dangerous infections under the conditions of local wars and armed conflicts].
abstract: The system of the specific indication of the causative agents of infectious diseases, accepted in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (RF) in piece and wartime and based on the study of specimens by stages in laboratories of the sanitary epidemiological institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the RF, is presented. This system is insufficiently adapted to the conditions of local wars (LW) and armed conflicts (AC). Under these conditions, it is expedient to carry out the specific indication of infective agents not by stages, but completely (according to an enlarged scheme), replenishing the medical service of the field forces with specialists, transferred from higher sanitary epidemiological institutions. Specialized formations of the sanitary epidemiological institutions of the Center should be deployed neat the region of LW or AC, or the specimens should be promptly brought to the Center for indication by air. The improvement of the system of indication includes the introduction of new indication methods, such as polymerase chain reaction, into practical work and cooperation with the institutions and formations of the Ministry of Health of the RF.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Mel'nichenko
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shumilov
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Karniz
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D008889:Military Personnel; D012426:Russia; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013997:Time Factors; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014857:Warfare