Open AccessEPIDEMIC ANALYSIS ON CHOLERA IN AFRICA AND PROBLEMS OF PROFILAXIS
Author(s) -
Игорь Карнаухов,
Н. Б. Челдышова,
А. К. Гражданов,
A. A. Krizky,
С. П. Заднова,
О. В. Кедрова,
Александра Иванова,
В. П. Топорков,
Н. И. Смирнова,
Aissatou BOIRO,
S. Boumbali,
M. Y. Boiro,
Владимир Кутырев
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
žurnal mikrobiologii, èpidemiologii i immunobiologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-7613
pISSN - 0372-9311
DOI - 10.36233/0372-9311-2017-6-105-113
Subject(s) - cholera , vibrio cholerae , biovar , pandemic , cholera vaccine , plague (disease) , el tor , geography , virology , covid-19 , medicine , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , bacteria , genetics , archaeology , pathology
Presently Africa is one of the most affected regions of the world as regards cholera. More than 55 000 people are infected every year. The review contains the data on comparative assessment of epidemic manifestations associated with the current pandemic, caused by Vibrio cholerae biovar El Tor, and the preceding six pandemics, the agent of which was cholera vibrios of classical biovar. Studied have been the factors of large-scale cholera dissemination in Africa in the modern period and problems of its prophylaxis.