Open AccessDYNAMICS OF DIPHTHERIA INCIDENCE IN THE TRANSCARPATHIAN REGION OF UKRAINE IN THE VACCINATION ERA
Author(s) -
Yelyzaveta I. Rubtsova,
Svitlana V. Oberemko,
Мaryana М Rоsul
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wiadomości lekarskie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-342X
pISSN - 0043-5147
DOI - 10.36740/wlek202104139
Subject(s) - diphtheria , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , vaccination , carriage , medicine , population , pediatrics , demography , virology , environmental health , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
The aim: Was to study the dynamics of the incidence of diphtheria in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine.Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of the data of the state statistical reporting of the Transcarpathian region on the incidence of diphtheria, the carriage of infection, vaccination coverage and the severity of diphtheria immunity was carried out. Conclusions: Low coverage of the population with vaccination against diphtheria, registration of an outbreak of diphtheria among international students of the region, and other regions of Ukraine in conditions of increased population migration, are alarming prognostic signs of the possible development of another significant epidemic rise of diphtheria morbidity in Transcarpathia.