[The current problems in the epidemiology and prevention of viral hepatitis B and C in the Russian Federation].

The data on the epidemiological situation with hepatitides B and C in the Russian Federation in 1991-1998 are presented. Morbidity rates in hepatitis B, registered during the recent 3 years, were 35.8 (1996), 36.3 (1997) and 35.7 (1998) per 100,000 of the population. Morbidity rates in acute hepatitis C were 3.2 (1996), 9.1 (1997) and 11.6 (1998) per 100,000 of the population. Different regions of the Russian Federation were noted to have pronounced differences in the activity of the epidemic processes of hepatitides B and C.