[The theoretical principles of the computer diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis]

The paper is concerned with the history of computerization in medicine, specifically in infectology. The authors have analyzed stages of development of computerization, expounding features and disadvantages thereof. The necessity to use computer diagnosis in an infectology setting is substantiated, especially so in diagnosis of viral hepatitis. General principles are characterized underlying the foundation of design of the computer programme for the diagnosis to be made of different clinical varieties of the course of acute viral hepatitides.