[Rubella in Russia: the detection of congenital rubella and the vaccination strategy and procedures].

The work on the evaluation of the role of rubella infection in the development of congenital malformations in newborn infants, as well as the immunogenic activity and tolerability of live attenuated vaccine Rudivax (Pasteur Mérieux Connaught) was carried out in the process of selective immunization in the Perm region. The study made it possible to find out 15% of malformations in the structure of the congenital pathology of newborn infants, which appeared due to the infection of the fetus with rubella virus and were manifested by multiple development defects, congenital C.N.

[The scientific, organizational and methodological bases for the epidemiological surveillance of streptococcal group A infection in a large city].

These investigations have made it possible to establish the extent and scale of the spread of streptococcal infection (group A) and its socioeconomic importance in Moscow, a great mega-police of the world. The deterioration of the epidemiological situation in recent years, accompanied by an increase in morbidity and mortality caused by streptococcal infection, has been demonstrated. The program and conceptual foundations of epidemiological surveillance on this infection in Moscow are presented.