In the 1990s, the Newly Independent and Baltic States of the former Soviet Union experienced the largest diphtheria outbreak since the 1960s; it was caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains of a unique clonal group. To address its origin, we studied 47 clinical isolates from Russia and demonstrated that this clonal group was an integral part of the endemic reservoir that existed in Russia ...

Syphilis, " the great imitator, " used to be part of the standard differential diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disease. With the advent of penicillin, the incidence of tertiary syphilis has greatly declined. The disease is now considered unusual in the developed countries, except in the context of human immunodeficiency virus infection. In a recent review of syphilis the authors stated that " lat...

The article examines the role and influence of Russian Federation in integration processes Central Asian region between five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan Uzbekistan. It is worth emphasizing that state all its hypostases (the Empire USSR) from first days conquest territories Asia was guided by a strategy aimed at uniting entire into single political administrative ...

the disappearance of bipolar system following the disintegration of the soviet union, has also changed many strategic concepts. central asia, as a part of the soviet empire, has become an arena for regional and global challenges after these transformations. the region, already faced with various political, economic, social and cultural problems, soon became a location for the activities of isla...

collapse of the soviet :union: is considered as the most significant development happened in the last decades of the previous century. transformation of power relations and balance of forces at regional level as well as activation of transregional and particularly regional powers to maintain their presence and extend their influence over southern soviet :union: could be mentioned as consequence...