Open AccessPOPULATION OF IXODID TICKS IN CITIES OF THE EUROPEAN PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Author(s) -
Elena Bogdanova
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.17223/978-5-94621-931-0-2020-64
Subject(s) - tick , ixodidae , tick borne encephalitis , lyme disease , russian federation , human settlement , population , geography , tick borne disease , epidemiology , encephalitis , biology , environmental health , ecology , virology , medicine , archaeology , regional science , virus
On the territory of Russia there are more than 70 species of ticks of the family Ixodidae. Many of them are vectors of infectious diseases. The most common tick-borne infections are tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease. In recent decades, in many countries there has been a process of tick occupation of the territories of settlements, including large cities and megapolices. This leads to an increase in the number of tick attacks on peoples, as well as the cases of tick-borne infections.