Onishchenko, G.G., Lazikova, G.F., Chistyakova, G.G., Demina, Yu.V., Nikonov, B.I., Romanenko, V.V., Smirnova, S.S., Terentyeva, L.N., Malozemova, T.Yu., Irizhepova, O.V., Gavrilova, N.A., N.P.Avvakumova, Shitoeva, E.V.

Epidemiologic characteristic of Legionnaires" disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare, Moscow; Administration of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare in Sverdlovsk region; Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Sverdlovsk region, Ekaterinburg; Administration of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare in Sverdlovsk region — Territorial unit in towns Verkhnyaya Pyshma and Sredneuralsk; Subsidiary of Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Sverdlovsk region in towns Verkhnyaya Pyshma and Sredneuralsk, Russia

Materials of investigation of Legionnaires" disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region) are presented. Features of epidemic process during this outbreak were reflected, its epidemiologic characteristics were described. Effectiveness of timely antiepidemic measures directed at elimination of main factor of infection"s transmissibility was shown.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 82—85