Seroprevalence of tick-borne diseases in the Northwest Federal District of the Russian Federation
- Authors: Tokarevich N.K.1, Blinova O.V.1, Stoyanova N.A.1, Baimova R.R.1, Siuziumova E.A.1, Lomonosova V.I.1, Tronin A.A.2, Buzinov R.V.3, Sokolova O.V.4, Gnativ B.R.5, Buts L.V.6, Bubnova L.A.7, Safonova O.S.7, Stankevich A.I.8, Kalinina E.L.9, Vikse R.10, Andreassen A.K.10
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Affiliations:
- St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
- Scientific Research Centre for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Arkhangelsk Oblast,
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Republic of Komi
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Leningrad Oblast
- Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Karelia Republic
- Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Pskov Oblast
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Pskov Oblast
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Issue: Vol 12, No 5 (2022)
- Pages: 891-901
- Section: ORIGINAL ARTICLES
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2220-7619/article/view/119138
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15789/2220-7619-SOT-1953
- ID: 119138
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Introduction. Knowledge about tick-borne disease (TBD) distribution is necessary to improve prevention, whereas detection of human serum IgG antibodies against relevant pathogens is a method for monitoring TBD prevalence in local population. The study objective was to estimate seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Coxiella burnetii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Ehrlichia chaffeensis/E. muris in healthy residents from the five territories of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Pskov Oblast, the Republic of Komi and the Republic of Karelia). Materials and methods. In 2017–2019, a total of 1244 serum samples from healthy residents, not vaccinated against TBDs or other flavivirus-caused infections was studied by ELISA. Results. 21.7% of the sera samples contained IgG antibodies against a single TBD pathogen, whereas 2.1% showed signs of coinfection with two or more pathogens. The most common were IgG antibodies against TBEV (5 territories, 12.2%), followed by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (5 territories, 3.5%), C. burnetii (4 territories, 2.9%), Anaplasma phagoсytophilum (3 territories, 1.6%), E. chaffeensis/E. muris (5 territories, 1.5%). The IgG antibodies were more common in men (55.2%) than in women (44.8%), being found virtually evenly in age-independent manner (from juniors under 18 to seniors over 60). Conclusion. The results of this first comprehensive serosurveillance study in the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation assessing serum IgG antibodies against tick-borne diseases indicate a wide distribution of such pathogens. Moreover, infections caused by C. burnetii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Ehrlichia chaffeensis/E. muris might be highly underdiagnosed.
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N. K. Tokarevich
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
PhD, MD (Medicine), Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgO. V. Blinova
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
PhD (Chemistry), Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgN. A. Stoyanova
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
PhD (Medicine), Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgR. R. Baimova
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgE. A. Siuziumova
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgV. I. Lomonosova
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Zoonoses
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgA. A. Tronin
Scientific Research Centre for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
PhD, MD (Geology and Mineralogy), Director
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgR. V. Buzinov
Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
PhD, MD (Medicine), Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Development
Russian Federation, ArkhangelskO. V. Sokolova
Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Deputy Head of Epidemiological Surveillance Department
Russian Federation, ArkhangelskB. R. Gnativ
Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Republic of Komi
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Deputy Head of Epidemiological Surveillance Department of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation, SyktyvkarL. V. Buts
Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Leningrad Oblast
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Head of Epidemiological Surveillance Department
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgL. A. Bubnova
Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Karelia Republic
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Head of the Epidemiology Department
Russian Federation, PetrozavodskO. S. Safonova
Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Karelia Republic
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Biologist
Russian Federation, PetrozavodskA. I. Stankevich
Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Pskov Oblast
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Head of Epidemiology Department
Russian Federation, PskovE. L. Kalinina
Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in Pskov Oblast
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance Department
Russian Federation, PskovR. Vikse
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
D.Sci., Senior Researcher
Norway, OsloA. K. Andreassen
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Email: zoonoses@mail.ru
Sci., Professor, Senior Researcher
Norway, OsloReferences
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