Rospotrebnadzor published statistics on tick bites in the Pskov region

Since the beginning of the season, 2418 people have complained to medical organizations of the Pskov region about tick suction. As reported by “MK in Pskov” in Rospotrebnadzor in the Pskov region, most often attacks of arachnids were recorded on sites at the place of residence in rural settlements, country partnerships and in the forest.

Leaders in the number of cases of tick suction steel:

In the laboratories of the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology and medical organizations of the region, 2,946 ticks were examined: 2,380 were removed from people, 566 were selected from environmental objects.

The level of infection of ticks dangerous for humans infections was:

To date, 4 cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis (including one child) and 28 cases of ixodic borreliosis (including six children) have been diagnosed.

In Pskov and Veliky Bows there are specialized points for the reception and study of ticks for the presence of pathogens of infections.