Email this article Problems in the organization of prophylaxis of tick-borne infections in the urban population
- Authors: Nafeev A.A.1, Nafeyev AA2
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Affiliations:
- ФГУЗ Центр гигиены и эпидемиологии в Ульяновской области
- Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Ulyanovsk Region
- Issue: Vol 15, No 4 (2010)
- Pages: 42-44
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1560-9529/article/view/40488
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/EID40488
- ID: 40488
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Abstract
The authors have examined the clinical manifestations of Ixodes tick-borne borrelioses (TBB) in the Ulyanovsk Region and the obtained first results of indication of TBB virus antigen in the ticks. The specific prophylactic measures implemented among urban dwellers so far are noted to be insufficient and to require to be revised in the shortest possible time, by taking into account the specific prevention of TBB in strictly specialized professional population categories (geologists, operators, as well as gas and oil workers on rotation).
About the authors
Aleksandr Anatol'evich Nafeev
ФГУЗ Центр гигиены и эпидемиологии в Ульяновской области
Email: nva@MV.ru
д-р мед. наук, зав. отд-нием особо опасных инфекций ФГУЗ Центр гигиены и эпидимиологии в Ульяновской области; ФГУЗ Центр гигиены и эпидемиологии в Ульяновской области
A A Nafeyev
Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Ulyanovsk RegionCenter for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Ulyanovsk Region
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