Postaqual Dry Land of the Aral Sea as Potential Natural Focus of Plague

Abstract

Presented are the results of examination of a current condition of the Aral Sea and the adjacent postaqual territory as potential plague focus. Study and comparison of the new territories with the existing natural plague foci in the adjacent territory of Kyzyl-Kum and Ustyurt revealed the presence of similar natural conditions, set of carriers and vectors as well as identical microbiological properties of the agent strains. The emergence of new epizootic plague foci on the shallowed territory of the Aral Sea was shown to be possible and obligatory.

Keywords

• the aral sea
• postaqual dry land
• plague
• epizootiologic
• epidemiologic conditions
• natural foci