[Outbreak of tularemia in the Republic of Dagestan].
In Daghestan in the focus of the flood-plain swamp type 64 persons fell ill with tularemia in 1999. During the epizootological survey 8 Francisella tularensis strains were isolated from vectors and carriers and in 7 samples taken from open water reservoirs, as well as in 1 sample obtained from Ixodes ticks, tularemia antigen was detected. Humans were infected mainly by the transmissive route, as found in 71.8% of patients. 28% of patients were infected through contacts. The disease took mainly a mild course, registered in 95.6% of patients. The disease affected those persons who had not been immunized against tularemia.
Tikhenko
N I
NI
Research Institute for Plague Control, Stavropol, Russia.
Efremenko
V I
VI
Omarieva
E Ia
EIa
Levchenko
B I
BI
Aliev
Sh G
ShG
Chernyshov
S N
SN
Isaev
A N
AN
Asvarov
B M
BM
Batsin
V T
VT
Davydov
M S
MS
Shvets
O G
OG
Khasaev
S M
SM
Evchenko
Iu M
IuM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003610:Dagestan / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology; D012424:Rural Population; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014611:Vaccination; D014857:Warfare
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines
Vspyshka tuliaremii v Respublike Dagestan.