RESPIRATORY STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION LARGE ORGANIZED GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND EXPERIENCE GAINED IN IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREVENTION OF SUCH INFECTIONS

Epidemiological analysis of the manifestations of respiratory steptoco ccal infection in the all-year-round pioneer camp ''Ocean'' over 1984- 1990 an in similar large organized groups of children revealed some co mmon regularities manifested as consecutively repeating morbidity rise s in acute respiratory diseases, tonsillitis, scarlet fever over a yea r (rotations 1-3 and 9).Time course of the disease incidence over each rotation (month) had a specific pattern as well. Trials of our newly developed system of prevention and treatment with tomicid showed its h igh effectiveness, which manifested by a drop in the morbidity level a nd changes in the structure and dynamics of respiratory streptococcal infection.