Features of tuberculosis foci in rural areas in the Far North
Abstract
The specifics of conducting antiepidemic work within the foci of tuberculosis infection in the setting of rural extreme northern region are presented. Study of 150 foci of tuberculosis infection showed: remoteness and hard accessibility of rural infection foci to specialized health service delays timely hospitalization of newly identified patients with tuberculosis, complicates examination and isolation of children to sanatoria, and hampers the conduction of antiepidemic measures in new foci of tuberculosis infection by epidemiologists and phthisiologists.
About the Authors
N. M. Oschepkova
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oschepkova Natalya Mikhaylovna, Head of the Dispensary Department
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
M. K. Vinokurova
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vinokurova Maria Konstantinovna, Dr.Med.Sc., Deputy Director for Science
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
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Oschepkova N.M., Vinokurova M.K. Features of tuberculosis foci in rural areas in the Far North. Yakut Medical Journal. 2013;(1):85-87.
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