부산대학교 도서관

The disease from which the first records date from 80 years ago and continues to be a significant epizootiologic or epidemiological problem, so we can be free to say that this disease is quite doubtful, so that the name fits. unknown fever (Query fever). Balkan grip, as this disease called by German soldiers during the Second World War, was often known to surprise epidemiological service in the region. As a rule, the first cases of people morbidity terms the reaction of epizootiological service. However, with their characteristics, Q fever confuses with complex ways of maintaining in nature, transferring on animals and people, and certainly puts the veterinary or epizootilogical service in unenviable position. Today, it is considered that in enzootic areas, eradication of this disease is impossible. Most of the general measures of prophylaxis in veterinary medicine, as a result have reduction of incidence in animals and humans, and the use of inactivated vaccines in recent times can be used to control Q fever. However, measures foreseen to be implemented during the epizooties (epidemics), largely represent a set of general zoohygienic principles, and partly are related to the targeted activities. At the same time, lack of epizootic characteristics of Q fever, lead to confusion and often is a problem in analyzing and assessing of implemented measures success. One of the basic conditions for the battle against Q fever is to define the location in the Balkan region, where is high prevalence and substantial risk of increased incidence of morbidity humans and animals. Summarizing the results obtained by analyzing occurrence of Q fever in the Republic of Serbia, as well using the experience of neighboring regions (countries) in ways to battle and control this infectious disease, which is an important zoonotic disease, could be more successful or at least comprehensible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]