More than 6 thousand residents of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug suffered from tick bites

More than 6 thousand residents of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug turned to doctors in connection with tick bites. This is reported by the news agency " <url>" with reference to information from Rospotrebnadzor.

In the last week alone, 206 cases of bites have been reported. This is an increase of 8.42% compared to the previous week. The figure is almost twice as high as the same period in 2024.

Since the beginning of the season, more than 1.5 thousand ticks have been studied in laboratories. 36.9% of the pests turned out to be carriers of various infections — borreliosis, monocytic ehrlichiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and encephalitis.

Experts note that recently there has been information about the possibility of transmission through tick bites of one of the varieties of rickettsiosis — tick-borne spotted fever. The signs of the disease are chills and fever, as well as a rash.

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