Ensuring of Protection from Biological Threats During Olympic Games

• Main Authors: G. G. Onischenko, A. N. Kulichenko, O. V. Maletskaya, G. M. Grizhebovsky, V. P. Klindukhov
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Government Health Institution, Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” 2010-08-01
• Series: Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
• Subjects: olympic games; biological threats; epidemiological surveillance; biological safety; syndromic surveillance
• Online Access: https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/554
• ISSN: 0370-1069; 2658-719X

Analysis of complex measures to ensure epidemiological safety during the period of preparation and carrying out the Olympic Games abroad is presented. The main directions of the anti-epidemic work during preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games are suggested based upon available experience. It has been noted that syndromic surveillance, GIS technologies, automated stations for control of atmospheric air and other new technologies ensuring biological safety should be added to traditional epidemiological surveillance of infections.