Major Natural Focal Disease Distribution

The chapter presents textual descriptions and maps that represent the distribution, long-term average annual morbidity rate for 85 administrative subjects of the Russian Federation, and the long-term dynamics of the major natural focal diseases found on Russian territory. The chapter contains information on the distribution of 23 nosological entities (diseases), their epidemic function, conditions of population infections and oscillations in epizootic and epidemiological activity in natural foci that note seasonality and annual changes. Wherever possible, the level of danger and infection risk are evaluated. Map compilation was based on statistical data on population morbidity for infectious diseases from 1997 to 2015 and parasitic diseases from 2006 to 2015. These data were gathered by government sanitary and epidemiological monitoring services. Given the unique features of information collected based on administrative divisions, Russia’s administrative subjects serve as the main cartographic units. Three integrated maps are provided at the end of the chapter: they present the morbidity structure of a network of natural focal infections, the major natural focal parasitic diseases, as well as nosological profiles of Russia’s administrative subjects, which provide information on the particular set and intensity of diseases in each subject.