ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE OF ANTHRAX IN THE ROSTOV REGION ON THE BASIS OF NEW COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

Autor: S. Yu. Vodyanitskaya, A. S. Vodop’ianov, Yu. G. Kireev, S. O. Vodop’ianov, L. V. Sudin, F. V. Logvin
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Медицинский вестник Юга России, Vol 0, Iss 2, Pp 42-46 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2219-8075
2618-7876
DOI: 10.21886/2219-8075-2016-2-42-46
Popis: Purpose: improvement of epidemiological surveillance of anthrax in the Rostov region with the use of a geoinformational system (GIS). Materials and methods: for GIS development soil maps of «The Unified State Register of Soil Resources of Russia» are used; information on incidence of anthrax provided by experts of «The Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Rostov Region» from 1990 to 2014; computer Quantum GIS 2.2 program. Results: GIS allows carrying out the multiple-factor analysis, to reveal patterns of anthrax spread among people and animals, to carry out the comparative historical analysis of data, to monitor dynamics and a trend of incidence. Summary: GIS information will form a basis for the analysis, planning and implementation of epidemiological and veterinary surveillance in the Rostov region.
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