Open AccessThe Tendency of Plague Morbidity Dynamics in the World
Author(s) -
В. П. Топорков,
L. Velichko,
А. Е. Шиянова,
О. В. Кедрова
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
problemy osobo opasnyh infekcij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2658-719X
pISSN - 0370-1069
DOI - 10.21055/0370-1069-2008-3(97)-22-25
Subject(s) - plague (disease) , outbreak , geography , demography , incidence (geometry) , socioeconomics , ancient history , virology , medicine , history , archaeology , sociology , physics , optics
The analysis of sickness rate carried out from 1984 to 2007 revealed the complicated epidemiologic situation with plague in the world, especially during the period of 1991-2003. The most strained situation formed in Africa. During the analyzed period the tendency to increase the plague incidence in the world - 2.4-fold, in Africa - 4.1-fold and to decrease in America - 11.1-fold and in Asia - 1.7-fold was observed. Uneven character of plague cases distribution in the world was determined: 80.1 % of cases were registered in Africa, 14.1 % - in Asia and 5.8 % - in America. From 1990 to 2006 10 local outbreaks of pneumonic plague were registered in the world: 4 - in Asia, 5 - in Africa and 1 - in America.