[The development of complex technique of evaluation of virulence of parahemolytic vibrio].

The article deals with results of studying parahemolytic vibrio separatedfrom different sources according their phenotype and genotype attributes associated with virulence. In certain cases the mismatch of results of Kanagava tests and polymerase chain reaction test of gene tdh was established. The need in virulence complex evaluation is substantiated.

[A case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Anapa District, Krasnodar Territory].

The paper gives information on the first case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever detected in a female resident of the Anapa District, Krasnodar Territory, in 2005 in the past 57 years.

[Biological and genetic characterization of strains of the pathogen of legionellosis, isolated from water on Russian territory].

As the result of the study of the spread of Legionella in different regions of Russia, 69 cultures were isolated from different water systems. After serotyping most of these strains (85%) were identified as L. pneumophila, serogroups 1 and 6.