Comprehensive Assessment of the Epidemic Situation in the Republic of Guinea
https://doi.org/10.31631/2073-3046-2019-18-5-56-62
Abstract
Relevance. Socioeconomic and climatic conditions determine the nature of the epidemic situation in the Republic of Guinea, which requires further study and objective assessment. Materials and Methods. The research materials were the official statistics, the data from scientific publications, as well as the results of own researches. A complex of epidemiological, bacteriological, immunological, serological, molecular genetic and statistical research methods was applied. Conclusions. The structure and levels of morbidity and mortality in the Republic of Guinea were presented. New data were obtained on the etiology of acute suppurative otitis media, on the prevalence and epidemiological manifestations of intestinal helminthiases, typhoid fever, enteric and parenteral hepatitis, as well as sexually transmitted infections. The current situation of HIV and tuberculosis was assessed. A complex of epidemiological risk factors for a number of infectious and parasitic diseases contributing to complicated situations was revealed.
About the Authors
M. I. Buaro
Guinea Research Institute of Applied Biology (IRBAG)
Guinea
Guinea
Mamadu Iero Buaro – Cand. Sci. (Biol.), professor, Director General of Guinea Research Institute of Applied Biology.
Kindia.
E. G. Simonova
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor; Sechenov University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena G. Simonova – Dr. Sci. (Med.), professor of Department of Epidemiology and Modern Vaccination Technologies of the Sechenov University; leading researcher of Central Research Institute of Epidemiology.
5а M. Kazennyj per., Moscow, 105064.
+79250276121.
V. I. Pokrovsky
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentin I. Pokrovsky – Academician of RAS, Dr. Sci. (Med.), professor, advisor director of Innovation of Central Research Institute of Epidemiology.
3А Novogireevskaya st., Moscow, 111123.
+74956721069.
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Buaro M.I., Simonova E.G., Pokrovsky V.I. Comprehensive Assessment of the Epidemic Situation in the Republic of Guinea. Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention. 2019;18(5):56-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31631/2073-3046-2019-18-5-56-62
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