EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION IN UZBEKISTAN AT THE PRESENT STAGE

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  • Mustanov Azamat Yunusovich Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Tashkent Medical Academy
  • Matnazarova Gulbahor Sultanovna Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Epidemiology, Tashkent Medical Academy
  • Bryantseva Elena Vladimirovna Candidate of Medical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of Epidemiology of the Tashkent Medical Academy
  • Mirtazaev Omon Mirtazaevich Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Epidemiology of the Tashkent Medical Academy

Keywords:

causative agent, meningococcal infection, interepidemic period

Abstract

Meningococcal disease (MD) is a serious public health care problem in most countries of the world, which is related to a high mortality and disability rate of people who have had this disease. The decline in the incidence of MD in the interepidemic period, which lasts more than 30 years in Uzbekistan, has led to a decrease the alertness of medical workers regarding this infection. Late diagnosis and hospitalization are often the reasons for untimely medical care.The analyse of the the age and sex structure of morbidity in meningococcal infection, serogroup landscape of the pathogen, clinical forms of meningococcal infection at the present stage was given in this article.

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2021-05-23

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Mustanov Azamat Yunusovich, Matnazarova Gulbahor Sultanovna, Bryantseva Elena Vladimirovna, & Mirtazaev Omon Mirtazaevich. (2021). EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION IN UZBEKISTAN AT THE PRESENT STAGE. JournalNX - A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal, 658–665. Retrieved from https://repo.journalnx.com/index.php/nx/article/view/3279

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