[Epidemiological studies of rubella and cytomegalovirus infection in the North of the USSR].

Seroepidemiological characteristics of rubella and cytomegalovirus infection in the north of the USSR were studied. Examinations of 21,000 patients with rubella and serological survey of 1500 subjects revealed the identity of the main epidemiological indices and age changes in antibody to rubella virus in the northern and central parts of the USSR. The general percentage of seropositives to cytomegalovirus is significantly higher in the north than in other parts of the country. The importance of the observed findings for the determination of the incidence of congenital pathology due to rubella and cytomegalovirus infection in the north is discussed.