Open AccessSEROEPIDEMIOLOGY IN THE SURVEILLANCE OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Author(s) -
Т А Семененко,
В. Г. Акимкин
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
žurnal mikrobiologii, èpidemiologii i immunobiologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-7613
pISSN - 0372-9311
DOI - 10.36233/0372-9311-2018-2-87-94
Subject(s) - medicine , biosafety , environmental health , population , immunology , epidemiology , certification , pathology , political science , law
Seroepidemiology is a potentially powerful tool for predicting and monitoring the effectiveness of specific prevention program using studies of antibody prevalence. The availability of a certified collection of blood serum (serum bank) allows to carry out a reliable assessment of population immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases; to determine the degree of epidemiological risk of the infection spread in various areas of the country; to implement short-term and long-term forecasting of changes in the situation on topical infections; to substantiate preventive measures in the system of biosafety for defined population groups and decreed contingents; to provide information necessary for making the optimal management decisions.