In the paper there are presented the main characteristics of the epidemic process of meningococcal infection in the Altai Krai in 2003-2012. The results of the study showed that the incidence was characterized by trend of the declining morbidity rate by 5 times from 3,34 ± 0,17 to 0,66 ± 0,17per 100 thousand of population, respectively (p
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