Open AccessClinical characteristics of poliomyelitis according to the materials of the 1st Infectious Diseases Hospital of Kazan for 1957
Author(s) -
Д. К. Баширова
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj88876
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , outbreak , incidence (geometry) , medicine , geography , virology , optics , physics
In our country, in comparison with the countries of Europe, North America and other countries, until recently, poliomyelitis was found only in the form of sporadic cases or small focal outbreaks. In the post-war period, the incidence of poliomyelitis increased both abroad and in the USSR. In 1955-56. the first epidemic outbreaks of this infection were noted in most regions of our country, including the Volga region.