ABSTRACT
Biological diversity of ixodid tick fauna of the North Caucasus is analyzed. On the whole, 38 tick species are represented in the fauna of the North Caucasus. Their distribution within the region, biotopic features, and host-parasite relationships of different stages of ontogenesis are considered.
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Host-Parasite Interactions , Ixodidae/physiology , Phylogeny , Tick Infestations/epidemiology , Tick Infestations/veterinary , Animals , Biodiversity , Birds/classification , Birds/parasitology , Carnivora/classification , Carnivora/parasitology , Hedgehogs/classification , Hedgehogs/parasitology , Host Specificity , Humans , Ixodidae/classification , Lagomorpha/classification , Lagomorpha/parasitology , Rodentia/classification , Rodentia/parasitology , Ruminants/classification , Ruminants/parasitology , Russia/epidemiology , Species Specificity , Tick Infestations/parasitologyABSTRACT
AIM: Analysis of epidemic manifestations of natural-foci infections (NFI), clarification of spectrum of their causative agents, determination of epizootic activity of natural foci in the Crimea Federal District (KFD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Epizootologic examination of 10 administrative districts of KDF was carried out. 291 pools (2705 specimens) of ixodes ticks and 283 samples of organs of small mammals were studied by PCRmethod for the presence of DNA/RNA of causative agents of a number of NFI. RESULTS: Morbidity by NFI in KFD was registered by 6 nosologies: Lyme borreliosis, Marseilles fever, leptospirosis; tularemia, intestine yersiniosis and tick-borne viral encephalitis, wherein, transmissive infections made up 91.6%. Circulation of causative agents of Crimea hemorrhagic fever, Q fever, group of tick-borne spotted fever, Lyme borreliosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, West Nile fever, tularemia and leptospirosis was established. CONCLUSION: Due to activity of natural foci of NFI further monitoring of epidemiologic and epizootologic manifestations of these infections in the Crimea, including using genetic methods of analysis, is necessary for ensuring sanitary-epidemiologic welfare of KFD population.
