title: [Outbreak of tularemia in the Republic of Dagestan].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Plague Control, Stavropol, Russia.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Tikhenko
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Efremenko
authors.forename: E Ia
authors.initials: EIa
authors.lastname: Omarieva
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Levchenko
authors.forename: Sh G
authors.initials: ShG
authors.lastname: Aliev
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Chernyshov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Isaev
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Asvarov
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Batsin
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Davydov
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Shvets
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Khasaev
authors.forename: Iu M
authors.initials: IuM
authors.lastname: Evchenko
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines
vernacular_title: Vspyshka tuliaremii v Respublike Dagestan.