EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF IMMUNE-DEFICI ENCY AND OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS AMONG ADULT-POPULATION OF THE BRYANSK REGION LIVING IN RADIONUCLIDE-CONTAMINATED TERRITORY

Immune deficiency epidemiological survey covered adult population of t he town of Vyshkov in the Bryansk region of Russia referred to the zon e of radionuclide contamination hazard after the Chernobyl accident. A total of 3892 subjects were examined for the leading immunopathologic al syndromes (infectious, allergic atopic, autoimmune, lymphoprolifera tive) according to a specially devised technique developed in the Rese arch institute of Immunology in Moscow. Immune deficiency risk group m ade up 10.25% which is much higher than relevant value for control rur al population of the southern Urals exposed to low-dose radiation and of polluted region in the East Siberia. The quantitative analysis indi cated more frequent occurrence of infectious and lymphoproliferative s yndromes of immune deficiency in the absence of radiation-related alle rgic diseases in the town of Vyshkov.