title: [Prevention of infectious diseases in the troops stationed in poor climate regions].
abstract: Respiratory diseases, with the proportion of acute upper respiratory tract infections being as high as 75.6-87.0%, were of the greatest military and epidemiological significance for the military staff in the Republic of Dagestan. There were high incidence rates of acute enteric infections, among which shigellosis caused by S. flexneri 2a constituted a high proportion. The epidemic process under dry hot climate was characterized by significant summer seasonal variations with its maximum incidence in August, which was associated with the water transmission route. Under mountain continental climate, the incidence of sporadic cases of diarrheas and gastroenteritis of probably infectious origin was prevalent without a significant seasonal upsurge.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rakhmanov
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Potekhina
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gadzhiibragimov
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Bakhmudov
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D008889:Military Personnel; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology