[Leptospirosis outbreaks in the Ul'ianovsk region].

The paper presents the data of an epidemiological investigation on the outbreak incidence of leptospirosis in the Ulyanovsk Region. One hundred and forty-one recording forms under No. 171/y filled in for patients with leptospirosis have been examined. All the outbreaks have been found to be of seasonal nature (June to August) and to show an aqueous transmission of infection. The occupational nature of the disease was absent among the patients.