EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF LEGIONELLOSIS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

• DOI: 10.17816/eid42633
• Publication Date: 2021-04-12T18:27:52Z
• Authors: O. A Gruzdeva; N. N Filatov; I. S Tartakovskiy; G. G Marin
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; 3. Good health

In the presented article there was executed a retrospective analysis of legionellosis in the Russian Federation for the period of its official registration. Currently, the prevalence rate of legionellosis in Russia is 0.01 per 100 thousand of the population, while in Europe and the United States this figure is 1.1-1.2 per 100 thousand of the population. Probably in the Russian Federation there is a problem of diagnosing of the disease and its official registration.