Ending the epidemic of Vilyui encephalomyelitis
https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2021.74.13
Abstract
The occurrence of secondary cases of VEM in previously unaffected populations indicates that VEM is a transmissible disease with a mode of transmission characteristic of chronic infections.
Reduce patient-to-patient contact in the acute and subacute periods of VEM with the surrounding population through prolonged hospitalization of patients in specialized medical institutions and improvement of social and hygienic living conditions in Yakut villages led to a slow decline in the incidence in the 1980s and 1990s and its complete disappearance in the 2000s. No new cases of VEM have been reported since 2012.
About the Authors
L. G. Goldfarb
Queen's University
Canada
Canada
Goldfarb Lev Gertsevich - MD, PhD. Adjunct-professor, Laboratory of Translational RNA Biology, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Kingston. Tel. 301-219-2920
V. A. Vladimirtsev
Russian Federation
Vladimirtsev Vsevolod Afanasevich - Ph.D.
F. A. Platonov
Russian Federation
Platonov Fedor Alekseevich - Doctor of Medical Sciences
D. M. Asher
Food and Drug Administration
United States
United States
Asher David M. - MD. Section Chief
Rockville; Tel 301-986-0653
N. M. Renvik
Queen's University
Canada
Canada
Renvik Neil M. - MD, PhD. Chief, Laboratory of Translational RNA Biology, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Kingston
T. Ya. Nikolaeva
Medical Institute of SVFU named after M.K. Ammosova
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikolaeva Tatyana Yakovlevna - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department
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Goldfarb L.G., Vladimirtsev V.A., Platonov F.A., Asher D.M., Renvik N.M., Nikolaeva T.Ya. Ending the epidemic of Vilyui encephalomyelitis. Yakut Medical Journal. 2021;(2):52-56. https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2021.74.13
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