| Abstract: | The long complex study of epidemiology of influenza and other acute respiratory infections (ARI) was conducted by the specialists from General and Military Epidemiology Department of the Military Medical Academy collaboration with specialists of Civilian and Military Health Service. The study has revealed the causes of ARI high incidence in the Army and Fleet, allowed to establish the risk groups, the reservoirs of circulating infectious agents, the criteria of premorbid diagnosis of servicemen' susceptibility to often diseases and formation of chronic virus carriage. Besides the different vaccines against influenza, adenovirus and mycoplasma, immunostimulators, other measures of urgent prophylaxis including their various combinations were studied. Many of them as an inactivated influenza vaccine are used according the epidemiological situation. The experience gained and cooperative practice of military and civilian epidemiologists are realized in the interests of sanitary-and epidemiologic inspection and prophylaxis of influenza and other ARI, aerosolic anthroponosis in the Armed Forces as well as among the civilian population. It can be used in creation of global system for infection control. |
