[Pharmacoepidemiology of Statins in Patients With Hypertension and Dyslipidemia].

Unlabelled: Aim of the study was to analyze the validity of pharmacoepidemiological purpose and structure of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) in patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia in clinical practice. Demonstrated commitment to the basic principles of medical verification of cardiovascular events with an adequate definition of risk SCORE scale for patients with high and very high risk. However, the lack of definition of fractions of cholesterol is not allowed to make the right decision on the appointment of GLT for a number of patients with low and moderate risk.

[Population dynamics of Ixodes persulcatus in a subzone of the south taiga of the Middle Urals].

The results of a 27-year follow-up of the size of the taiga tick in a subarea of the south taiga of the Middle Urals are summarized. The author has established the period of its activity, the change in the parameter of the activity by years, and the rise in the size of the vector in the past decade.

[Cases of toxocara infection on the Sverdlovsk railway].

The results of serological testing for Toxocara infection in patients who had referred for a railway hospital of the Sverdlovsk railway were summarized. Positive serological tests were in the titer ranges 1:200 to 1:1600 in 12.8% of the examinees, including the titer range 1:800 or more in 8.

[Current strategies for vaccine prevention of influenza].

Six-year immunologic surveillance of schoolchildren vaccinated according to different schedules in the town of Novgorod demonstrated the efficacy of overall vaccinations of children and young people with live anti-influenza vaccines in autumn and winter for 2 years. Then an interval of 3 years is to be made, followed by another 2-year revaccination cycle, provided the same serologic subtypes of influenza A and B are still circulating.