Brucellosis incidence growth registered in Bishkek
The growth in the incidence of brucellosis is observed in Bishkek. The State Sanitary and
According to it, the situation with several diseases — brucellosis, echinococcosis, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis A — in the capital remains tense.
The incidence of brucellosis increased 3.2 times in 2016. Growth continues in 2017. Only in the first three months of the year, 8 cases were registered compared to 5 cases in 2016 that is 1.6 times more.
At least 16 percent of the cases are children under 14 and about 80 percent — are people of working age.
In addition, the situation with other diseases remains tense. So, 117 cases of echinococcosis and alveococcosis were registered for 3 months of
However, there was a decrease in viral hepatitis A and tuberculosis during the same period in the capital.
The incidence of viral hepatitis A was reduced by 37 percent, and tuberculosis — by 7.2 percent.
