[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.