Present Status and the Prognosis for Epizootic Activity of Natural Plague Foci in the Russian Federation in 2007
Having analyzed the reliability of the predictions for the activity of natural plague foci in the Russian territory in 2006, the authors succeeded in summarizing the information on the numbers of the main carriers and vectors of plague in different types of natural foci, as well as in making predictions concerning their epizootic activity in 2007. Also established were the principal features of both current and prognosticated variants of the epizootic situations in plague enzootic regions of the Russian Federation. Focal territories were marked out that might present increased epidemic risks.