Republic of Bashkortostan / Russia Three residents of Bashkiria suspected tick-borne encephalitis virus

[Ronan Kelly]

Three residents of Bashkiria suspected tick-borne encephalitis virus

With suspected tick-borne encephalitis virus in the country hospitalized three people in Blagovarskogo, Iglinskiy and Kiginskom areas. However, without the final results of the research doctors accurate diagnoses until set.
To date, the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology Center of Studies 1,761 tick. Of these, 101 were infected with tick-borne encephalitis virus (it is 5.7 per cent). Last year during the same period of 3,045 bloodsuckers revealed 190 infectious (6.2 percent).

According to the Regional Department Epidemiology, May 15, addressed to physicians Republic 3,407 people affected by tick bites. 22 percent of them received specific treatment - via immunoglobulin.

Author: Guzel NABIEVA

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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Republic of Bashkortostan / Russia Three residents of Bashkiria suspected tick-borne encephalitis virus

Gennady Onishchenko: Russia may expect summer encephalitis

16 May 2013 - 3:56pm
Ticks have attacked Russia. This is the opinion of the chief state sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko. According to him, in 2013, tick bites were recorded in 78 regions of Russia, in contrast to 64 a year earlier, "and the summer has not begun yet."
"The spread of infected ticks (with the concentration of virus in the parasite) for today is 5.8%. So the proportion of ticks - carriers of the encephalitis virus - is at a high level," Gennady Onishchenko said, adding that Russians should solve the problem themselves by hiring private or public companies.
According to him, 11% less were vacinated compared to 2012. The Moscow region is among the regions where the tick bites were reported. "There was a time when for 20 years there were no ticks, neither in Moscow, nor the Moscow region. What measures should be taken? We're first of all talking about the children's holidays. Of course, vaccinating children against tick-borne encephalitis, and then sending them on holidays is not an ideal solution," the chief sanitary doctor of Russia said.
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