Cherkassky, B.L.

Doctrine on the transmission mechanism of the causative agents of infections and the concept on social and ecologic determination of the epidemic process

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia

The concept on social and ecologic determination of the epidemic process in its direct co

ection with L.V. Gromashevsky’s doctrine on the transmission mechanism of the causative agents of infection is presented. The role of this concept in the development of epidemiological science is discussed.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003, No. 5, P. 54—58