For 10 months, taking into account the flu and acute respiratory viral infections in the region, 104,883 cases of infectious diseases were reported. About this Depo. Kharkov reported in the Kharkov Regional Laboratory Center.

According to the center, for the same period last year, 106,259 cases of infectious diseases were registered, which is 1.3% more.

Without taking into account the flu and acute respiratory viral infections, 11,044 cases were registered against 11,626 (a decrease of 5%).

Compared to last year, there was an increase in the incidence of gastroenterocolitis with an unidentified pathogen by 11.2%, giardiasis - by 8.4%, Lyme disease - by 86.5%, viral hepatitis: A - by 3.3 times, B - by 27 , 3%, C - by 19.4%, chronic viral hepatitis - by 17.5%, influenza - by 80.9%.

At the same time, the incidence of salmonellosis decreased by 15.7%, shigellosis by 15.4%, gastroenterocolitis with an established pathogen by 31.2%, rotavirus enteritis by 48.3%, tuberculosis by 12.4%, whooping cough 20%, viral meningitis - by 4.7%, infectious mononucleosis - by 19.6%, acute respiratory viral infections - by 0.9%.

485 cases of measles, 10 cases of malaria, three cases of dirofilariasis.

Cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever, diphtheria, polio, listeriosis, tetanus, anthrax, tularemia, HLNS, ornithosis were not registered..

The prevalence in the structure of infectious morbidity (excluding influenza and acute respiratory viral infections) remains the incidence of acute intestinal infections, whose share is 47%.

Respiratory tuberculosis diagnosed in 799 people. In the structure of people with tuberculosis, children account for 4.6%.

3,260 invaded by helminths and protozoa. The incidence was recorded mainly among the child population, whose share in the structure of parasitic morbidity is 80.6%.

The epizootic situation of rabies worsened, 82 cases of animal rabies were reported against 77 last year..

156 people suffered from bites by rabid animals who applied for rabies help for bites from animals 3 577 people.

The number of persons affected by tick attacks increased by 35.9%. 2473 people are registered, of which 27.8% are children under 17 years old.

The infestation of pediculosis increased by 20%, 815 cases were detected, of which 76.8% are children under 17.