[The epidemiology of cholera in Derbent District. The characteristics of the epidemic process].

Cases of cholera in the Derbent District of the Daghestan took predominantly mild and moderate clinical forms. The ratio of patients to Vibrio carriers was 1:1.25.

[The epidemiology of cholera in Derbent District, Dagestan. The routes of the importation and spread of cholera].

The epidemic of cholera in the Derbent District of the Daghestan was imported into the region. 172 cholera patients and 204 Vibrio carriers were registered in 23 settlements of the region during the period of June 26 to October 12, 1994. The wide spread of this infection was facilitated by high migration activity of the population and the belated introduction of measures for limiting migration.

[The mechanisms of the intrafocal and territorial spread of cholera in the Republic of Dagestan].

The description of the epidemic manifestations of cholera in the Republic of Daghestan at the period of the seventh pandemic, linked with the action of such common transmission factors as water, food and everyday contacts, is presented and their role in the territorial spread of this infection is evaluated. The analysis of family foci in the Derbent and Kaiakent regions in 1994 is given; the conclusion is made that a low sanitary level of human dwellings leads to a wide spread of cholera among close relations due to the action of water, alimentary and contact factors of transmission.