Open AccessEPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF A BORRELIAL INFECTION IN THE TERRITORY OF THE KIROV REGION
Author(s) -
O.N. Lyubeznova,
Любезнова Ольга Николаевна,
А. Л. Бондаренко,
Бондаренко Алла Львовна,
Л. В. Опарина,
Опарина Любовь Валерьевна,
E. V Lambrinaki,
Ламбринаки Елена Викторовна
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i infekcionnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-3026
pISSN - 1560-9529
DOI - 10.17816/eid40711
Subject(s) - lyme borreliosis , incidence (geometry) , taiga , lyme disease , epidemiology , population , borrelia burgdorferi , demography , geography , immunology , medicine , forestry , pathology , antibody , physics , optics , sociology
Kirov Region is one of the leaders of the incidence of Lyme borreliosis. Absolute and average incidence rates per 100 000 population is 5-7 times higher than the general federal ones. In the region the active natural nidus of infection is resided. Significant reservoirs of Lyme borreliosis are small animals - the hares and the foxes. Main vector of infection - the taiga tick infection reaches 47%. Active center of Lyme borreliosis is concentrated in the southern and central subzone of the taiga. In recent years, the incidence is shifted to the central and northern areas. Among the diseased patients inhabitants of cities are dominated, in recent years their incidence is increasing.