Email this article EXPERIENCE OF OLYMPIC HOST-COUNTRIES IN PROCURING PROTECTION FROM A BIOLOGICAL THREAT
- Authors: Onischenko G.G1, Kulichenko A.N2, Zaitseva O.A2, Efremenko D.V2
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Affiliations:
- Federal Service of Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare, Moscow, Russia
- Stavropol Research Institute of Plague Control, Russia
- Issue: Vol 91, No 1 (2014)
- Pages: 70-75
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://microbiol.crie.ru/jour/article/view/13911
- ID: 13911
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Experience of Olympic Games host-countries in procuring protection from a biological threat is examined. Based on analysis of measures directed at improvement of systems of epidemiologic control and bioterrorism counteraction at London Olympics (2012), recommendations are given on the main directions of organizational, prophylactic and anti-epidemic activities during mass events.
About the authors
G. G Onischenko
Federal Service of Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare, Moscow, Russia
A. N Kulichenko
Stavropol Research Institute of Plague Control, Russia
O. A Zaitseva
Stavropol Research Institute of Plague Control, Russia
D. V Efremenko
Stavropol Research Institute of Plague Control, Russia
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