Rospotrebnadzor called tick-borne infections

From a tick bite, people can become infected with infections such as tick-borne viral encephalitis, Crimean hemorrhagic fever, ixodes tick-borne borreliosis, and others. This was announced on March 22 by Elena Babura, head of the Rospotrebnadzor Department for the Kaliningrad Region.

"Tick—borne viral encephalitis, Crimean hemorrhagic fever, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, ixodes tick-borne borreliosis, tularemia, tick-borne rickettsiosis, in particular North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis (Siberian tick-borne typhus), and other rickettsiosis groups of tick-borne spotted fever, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Ku fever and other infections," she listed Babura in an interview with RIA News".

Bite and point: ticks have become more active in the center of Russia and Siberia

Interruptions in vaccines against encephalitis are observed in at least two regions of the country, Izvestia found out

Biologist Dmitry Safonov said on March 19 that an invasion of dangerous mutant ticks resistant to hunger, extreme weather conditions and aerosol sprays had been recorded in southern Russia. We are talking about ticks that are resistant to heat, are able to winter in Russia and go without food for a long time. According to the expert, their bite, in addition to the standard symptoms, can lead to the development of Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever.

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