Assessment of the Epidemic Situation on the Incidence of Tick-Borne Rickettsiosis and Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Population of Altai Territory in 2000-2019

Timonin A. V.
MD, Lecturer, Chair for Epidemiology, Microbiology and Virology¹;
ORCID 0000-0002-1048-6791

Shirokostup S. V.
Doctor of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Director, Institute of Public Health and Preventive Medicine¹;
ORCID 0000-0003-4492-2050

Lukyanenko N. V.
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Chair for Epidemiology, Microbiology and Virology¹;
ORCID 0000-0002-0003-5145

1 - Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Altai State Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Barnaul, Russia

Timonin Andrey Viktorovich, e-mail: sekttor@mail.ru

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

The article presents the results of a study carried out in relation to the epidemic situation in terms of the incidence of one of the topical representatives of tick-borne natural focal infections among the population of the Altai Territory in the period from 2000 to 2019 – tick-borne rickettsiosis and tick-borne encephalitis. An assessment of the prevalence of these infections among certain age and social groups of the region's population is presented. Using GIS technologies and the method of sigma deviations, the spatial prevalence of current infections in the territory of the region was estimated and regions with high, medium and low, for the Altai Territory, incidence of tick-borne encephalitis and tick-borne rickettsiosis during the study period were identified. The results of the assessment of preventive measures carried out in the region aimed at reducing the incidence of current infections among the local population – vaccine prophylaxis, seroprophylaxis and acaricidal treatments of territories are presented.

tick-borne encephalitis, tick-borne viral encephalitis, tick-borne rickettsiosis, Siberian tick-borne typhus, natural focal infections, endemic territories, tick-borne infections, natural focal infections

10.29234/2308-9113-2021-9-3-32-42

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