title: [Organizational support of investigation of Legionnaires' disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma].
abstract: Materials on organizational support of preventive and antiepidemic measures during outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region) in July-August 2007 are presented. Thanks to collaborative efforts of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare, Ministry of Health of Sverdlovsk region, health-care services in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, near located municipalities, and others it was able to establish in short term the hospital for treatment, identify source of the infection and factor of its transmission, and terminate the outbreak. Operative implementation of the mentioned measures both allowed to provide good quality medical care to all patients and to prevent occurrence of such situations on other towns of Sverdlovsk region.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Nikonov
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Gurvich
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Romanenko
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Romanov
mesh_terms: D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009111:Local Government; D012042:Registries; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis