Ticks in the Kursk region bit 691 children since the beginning of the year
By October 8, 2026, 1853 people, including 691 children under 14 years old, complained about tick suction in the Kursk region
This is 12% less than a year earlier, when there were 2,106 appeals and 933 children.
During the season, 48 cases of tick-borne borreliosis were registered against 59 a year earlier. In 2025, there were only 80 cases, including 10 children.
There is no tick-borne encephalitis in the region, but ticks carry borreliosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia and West Nile fever.
The infection of ticks is not higher than the long-term norm. The laboratory of the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology examined more than 2,300 specimens. Pathogens were found in 20 percent of them. Most often these are borrelia - 75.7% of infected, less often anaplasma - 23.9% and ehrlichia - 0.4%.
