Popov, V.P., Sklyar, M.S., Nikonov, B.I., Mikhailova, D.O., Romanenko, V.V., Smirnova, S.S., Rogozhina, L.P., Baranova, S.V., Semina, O.G., Kolesnikov, I.O., Bubnova, E.M., Aksentyeva, M.N., Semenova, N.M., Tatareva, S.V., Syrochkina, M.A., Kharlamova, N.

Work with public in foci of infection during outbreaks of pneumonia caused by Legionella in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in July—August 2007

Sverdlovsk region territorial Center of Medicine of Catastrophes; Ministry of Health of Sverdlovsk region; 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; Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, Ekaterinburg; Central City Hospital, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia

One of the key elements in epidemiologic control for infectious diseases is timely and active identification of contacts, which results in in-time hospitalization of patients that are needed it and allows to conduct educational work with the public. Measures for outpatient medical and preventive help in Legionella infection which were developed on the experience of termination of outbreak of pneumonia caused by Legionella in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in July—August, 2007 are presented.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 111—113