Diphtheria in the Maritime Territory |
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| Authors: | Zaporozhets T S Besednova N N Lunika I G Marchenko L N Greben'kova L K |
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| Affiliation: | Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Territorial Center of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Vladivostok, Russia. |
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| Abstract: | The results of the analysis of the present epidemiological situation in diphtheria in the Maritime Territory are presented. The data on absolute and intensive characteristics, death rate due to this infection, the vaccination status of diphtheria patients, as well as the results of the study of the level and intensity of antidiphtheria immunity in the healthy population of the territory. The study revealed that the defects of collective antidiphtheria immunity correlated with morbidity rate among adults and children. Adults aged 40-50 years and children aged 6-7 years were regarded as risk groups; among them the highest proportion of nonimmune persons and the highest diphtheria morbidity rate were registered. Stabilization achieved by the present moment was the result of the mass immunization of the adult population, ensuring the necessary coverage (92%) of vaccination in 1995. |
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