ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS MORBIDITY IN RUSSIA
Based on the analysis of the long-term morbidity of tuberculosis in Russia and the Amur Region, it has been established that its uplifts are performed in cycles of 25-30 years. Taking into account the literature data and our own experiments, it is assumed that each successive outbreak of tuberculosis is caused by coincident activation of L-forms of mycobacteria contained in the body of vaccinated and revaccinated children, adolescents and adults, and by dermal phenotypes inhabiting various environmental sites. To identify the "hidden reserve of mycobacteria" it is recommended to use the method of prints and the transfer of bacteriological laboratories to molecular genetic studies.