“During the cooperation, we have developed 18 new diagnostic drugs that allow us to identify markers of pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases, of which 7 are already registered in the Russian Federation and are successfully used,” RIA Novosti quoted Popov as saying.

Earlier, the chief specialist of the Ministry of Health of Russia on infectious diseases Elena Malinnikova told RT about the three most dangerous infectious diseases for an adult in Russia.

According to her, hepatitis is the first in this list.