title: [Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases].
abstract: Data on molecular epidemiology of bacterial infections is summarized. The term definitions of "molecular epidemiology", "taxonomic species" are given, the limits and species structure of prokaryotes are described. The basic mechanisms of the prokaryotes variability in the epidemic process, as well as the possibilities and limitations of microbiological, molecular-biological and population--genetic typing methods, are characterized. The tactics of molecular-biological studies in analyzing the population structure on the global, regional and local levels is presented. The economic effectiveness of measures taken with due consideration of information on the clonal structure of causative agents of hospital infections is shown.
authors.affiliation: Sechenov Medical Academy, Center of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Riapis
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Filatov
authors.forename: N Ia
authors.initials: NIa
authors.lastname: Salova
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic