[Specific features of the typhoid fever epidemic process in organized collective].

During the chronic water epidemic of typhoid fever in Tajikistan in 1996-1997 specific features of the epidemic process dynamics in groups of servicemen were studied in several cities. The infective agent was proved to be transmitted by the alimentary route and through everyday contacts, the water route of transmission playing the most important role. The early clinical and epidemiological signs of the water outbreak of typhoid fever and the risk factors were established. The clinical and epidemiological aspects of vaccination were analyzed.