Ixodes ticks of the town of Cherkessk and its environs
Novikova, V.P.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2005(2): 13-15
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 15984609 Document Number: 594431
The paper presents the results of the studies made in 2002-2004 to examine the species-specific composition of Ixodes ticks. The ticks were gathered for a flag (155-km routes being covered and 405 ticks being gathered); 48 dogs were examined, 320 ticks being gathered; 212 ticks were collected from human beings. The town dwellers' visit rates were grouped by ages and months. In the republic, Borreliae, the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis, were first isolated from Ixodes ricinus by dark-ground microscopy. Thus, there is one more available Lyme borreliosis focus. Enzyme immunoassay was used to study the sera from the dwellers bitten by ticks. Anti-M and anti-G antibodies were isolated. The paper presents the distribution of Nodes ticks gathered for the flag and taken from dogs in accordance with the biotopes, establishes seasonal variations, and provides calculations of the abundance index on the dogs.