The doctor told about the vaccination schemes against tick-borne encephalitis

Antonina Oblasova, a biologist and expert on vaccine prevention, said that vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis requires compliance with deadlines, especially if the season has already begun.

In an interview with Radio 1 on Tuesday, March 24, the expert explained that the initial vaccination course for previously unvaccinated people consists of two doses: first, the first vaccination is given, then the second after 2-4 weeks, after which the course is considered completed. If necessary, the interval can be shortened to two weeks. She also clarified that if a person has missed the second dose, even after a long time, it is not necessary to start the vaccination again — it is enough to continue from the point where it was interrupted, after which the protection will be effective for a year.

According to the doctor, after the initial course, immunity persists for one year, the first revaccination should be carried out after 9-12 months, and then every three years. She added that many of the contraindications that doctors still talk about, such as asthma or autoimmune diseases, are already outdated and excluded from the instructions.

Oblasova noted that in the 2026 season, the main problem may not be the availability of a medical drain, but a shortage of vaccines in polyclinics, despite the fact that, according to the law, vaccination should be provided free of charge in endemic regions. In such cases, according to her, it is necessary to send official appeals to medical institutions, the Ministry of Health or Rospotrebnadzor in the absence of a vaccine or refusal of vaccination.

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Earlier on March 24, intensive care physician Andrey Zvonovs warned that ticks in Central Russia can infect not only encephalitis, but also borreliosis. This disease is fraught with disability and death of the patient, notes 360.ru .

On March 23, Oblasova warned about the deadly danger of tick-borne encephalitis and the only way to protect herself. According to her, in many people the disease is disguised as a common acute respiratory viral infection, but in a significant part of people it can move to the next phase when the virus affects the nervous system.

On March 18, Vladislav Zhemchugov, an immunologist and specialist in especially dangerous infections, told NSN that ticks are more common not in urban parks, but on forest trails. You can protect yourself with the help of closed clothes made of dense materials and high boots.

On March 17, Roszdravnadzor reported that vaccines for the prevention of tick-borne encephalitis are regularly available in sufficient quantities in the Russian Federation. In two months of this year, more than 900 thousand doses of the vaccine for the prevention of tick-borne encephalitis and more than 280 thousand doses of human immunoglobulin against tick-borne encephalitis have been released into civilian circulation, the Moscow City News agency notes.

In August, general practitioner Tatiana Simonova warned of a serious infection that ticks and fleas can transmit. Rickettsiosis is a group of acute infections caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Pathogens are transmitted through tick bites, fleas and lice. Once in the body, the bacteria penetrate into red blood cells and the inner lining of blood vessels, where they cause inflammation, RT notes.

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