EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK OF INTRODUCTION OF DANGEROUS AND EXOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON THE TERRITORY OF THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AND XI PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2014 IN SOCHI

Abstract

To assess the epidemiological risk of introduction of serious infectious diseases in the pre-Olympic period defined list of dangerous and exotic infections and held assessment ofpotential danger threatening. Initial external information to assess the potential risk of skidding were reports, forecasts, posted on the official websites. The risk of skidding and epidemiological complications conditionally designated as high, moderate and minimal risk importation of measles virus-Rate was considered as high. In confirmation of the forecast for the period of the Olympic Games in Sochi have been registered about 100 cases of measles. Moderate risk of importation was determined for poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus, Lassa fever, cholera, plague, and the minimal - for Dengue fever, yellow fever, the Middle East and respiratory syndrome, diseases caused by viruses Marburg and Ebola. Based on of analysis of previous Olympic Games and subsequent co-events related to the activity of the infectious diseases in the world, mate-cluded that even a slight risk of importation of infectious diseases requires maximum alertness and readiness to conduct adequate epidemiological issues incorporated.

Keywords

• epidemiological risk of introduction of infections
• dangerous infectious diseases
• exotic infectious diseases
• measles
• poliomyelitis
• diseases caused by viruses marburg and ebola
• yellow fever
• plague
• cholera
• dengue fever
• lassa fever