Russian Medical Academy of postgraduate training, Moscow, Russia
Some present-day specific epidemiological, microbiological and clinical features of tuberculosis are presented. A variant of the epidemiological surveillance morbidity scheme, comprising 3 blocks, viz. information, analysis and management, is proposed. In the information block the basic data necessary for epidemic analysis is listed, while the diagnostic block contains the stage-by-stage analysis of the information block data. In the block of management decisions the main directions of the tuberculosis prophylaxis interventions are listed.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003, No. 5, P. 93—96