[The characteristics of the epidemiology and prevention of transmissible infections during World War II].

During the war period the most proliferated transmissible infections were typhoid and bilious typhoid, malaria, and in certain areas--tularemia. The maximum typhoid morbidity was in 1942-1944 (annual increase in February-May, being March a peak point month). As for malaria, the most spreading period was in 1944. Its seasonal increase was in July-October (September-peak point). Besides common methods of struggle against transmissible infections a number of measures against carrying agents were used, but these didn't receive wide application because of lack of effective insecticides for inhalation of imago and grubs of mosquitos. At that time only the "K" preparation and its modifications were available. "DDT" had appeared only in 1944.