Молодежный инновационный вестникМолодежный инновационный вестник2415-7805Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Воронежский государственный медицинский университет имени Н.Н. Бурденко" Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации10571UnclassifiedMikhail Mikhailovich Mayevsky's contribution to preventive medicine during the Great Patriotic WarFilippochkinaMarianna VasilyevnaMari_anna012@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-2484-8475ShikhalievaKsenia Dzhamilyevna<p>Associate Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Candidate of Biological Sciences</p>ksunya-shik@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-1428-4757Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko2504202514S118212802202502042025Copyright © 2025, Filippochkina M.V., Shikhalieva K.D.2025<p>The article provides information about Mikhail Mikhailovich Mayevsky (1894-1977), a Soviet microbiologist and immunologist who made a significant contribution to the development of microbiology, especially during the Great Patriotic War.During the war, Soviet scientists faced the task of developing effective means of preventing typhus, which posed a serious threat to the army and the civilian population.( Typhus is an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia prowazekii. It is transmitted through the bites of lice (Pediculus humanus), which become infected by feeding on the blood of an infected person.) Majewski developed a method of infecting white mice with typhus through the respiratory tract, which made it possible to obtain material for creating a vaccine.Already in 1942, its production began, which significantly reduced the incidence of typhus among the population and military personnel. The significance of Mayevsky's work: the vaccine was quickly introduced into production.This helped prevent outbreaks of typhus, reducing the incidence among the military and civilian population.The Mayevsky method became the basis for further research on rickettsia vaccines and played an important role in the epidemiological protection of the USSR. For this contribution, Mayevsky was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1943. His work in the field of microbiology and immunology played a key role in ensuring epidemiological security during the war.</p>typhusepidemiclicevaccineunsanitary conditionsсыпной тифэпидемиявшивакцинаантисанитария1.К 75-летию со дня рождения лауреата Государственной премии Михаила Михайловича Маевского / Антибиотики // 1969.2.Московская энциклопедия : [в 2 т.] / [принимали участие : И. Л. Беленький и др.]. - Москва -2014.3.Медицина в годы Великой Отечественной войны : материалы IV научнотеоретической онлайн-конференции с международным участием (Курск, 18 мая 2021 г.) / Курский государственный медицинский университет, Библиотека ; сост. Т. А. Суковатых ; отв. ред. А. В. Данилова. – Курск : КГМУ, 2021