The season of tick activity has begun in the Moscow region

The tick activity season has begun in the Moscow region. This was announced by the press service of the regional Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management on Monday, March 23.

"Blood-sucking arthropods become more active with the onset of sustained heat. The risk group includes children and pets, which are most susceptible to bites," the Moscow City News Agency quoted the report as saying.

The agency recalled that ticks are carriers of dangerous infections, including borreliosis (Lyme disease) and tick-borne encephalitis, so do not neglect the safety rules, clarifies 360.ru .

The ministry clarified that ticks live in moist and shaded areas with tall grass and shrubs. The greatest caution should be observed in deciduous and mixed forests, parks and gardens, in suburban areas, as well as along forest trails and in thickets of grass, writes RIAMO.

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.

In turn, infectious disease specialist Olga Tsarenko said that these ticks used to live only in Africa and Asia, and the expansion of their range to the central regions is possible due to global warming and bird migration, according to the website. kp.ru .

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.