[State of the natural foci of tularemia in the eastern part of the Northern Caucasian region].

The short characterization of the territory, known to contain the natural foci of tularemia, in the eastern part of the foothill area of the Caucasus is presented. The Caspian plain-foothill focus and the Terek-Kuma focus were shown to be the most dangerous among these foci. The severe outbreak of tularemia took place in the Terek-Kuma focus in 1999.

[The epizootic situation on the territories with natural foci of plague in Chechen Republic and in the Republic of Ingushetia].

Information on recent epizootic activity on the territories with natural foci of plague, situated in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, is presented. Opinion is advanced concerning an increase in the epidemiological potential of the Terek-Sunzha hill focus and the Caspian sand focus of plague, which under the conditions of complicated socio-political situation in the area does not exclude the possibility of epidemiological complications.