Open AccessOn the activities of the Kazan Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945
Author(s) -
И. Д. Решетникова,
Решетникова Ирина Дмитриевна,
Г. Ш. Исаева,
Исаева Гузель Шавхатовна,
С. Н. Куликов,
Куликов Сергей Николаевич,
S. N. Gabidullina,
Габидуллина Светлана Назаровна
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kmj2020-768
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , victory , typhoid fever , microbiology and biotechnology , library science , political science , virology , law , biology , pathology , politics , computer science
The article was prepared for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 120th anniversary of the Kazan Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. The paper presents the contributions of the Kazan Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology staff in the sacred cause of victory over fascism to protect the health of soldiers and civilians of our homeland during the Great Patriotic War. The scientific research data and production activities of the institute are presented. The institute turned out to be practically the closest microbiological institution to the front, having the necessary laboratory equipment and a production base. The institute launched the production of medications, including 4 types of anti-gangrenous serums, anti-dysenteric tablets, tetanus toxoid, anti-typhoid tablets, dysenteric dry bacteriophage, dysenteric subcutaneous vaccine, pentavacine, typhoid vaccine, antibiotic gramicidin and others.