Epidemiology and Infectious DiseasesEpidemiology and Infectious Diseases1560-95292411-3026Eco-Vector4048810.17816/EID40488Problems in the organization of prophylaxis of tick-borne infections in the urban populationNafeevAleksandr Anatol'evichnva@MV.ruNafeyevA ACenter for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Ulyanovsk Region-Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Ulyanovsk Region15082010154424423072020Copyright © 2010, Eco-vector2010The 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).natural focal infectionsIxodes tick-borne borreliosesspring tick-borne encephalitisrapid diagnosisticksприродно-очаговые инфекциииксодовые клещевые боррелиозывесенний клещевой энцефалитэкспресс-диагностикаклещи[Орехов И. В., Москвитина Э. А. Особенности формирования городских синантропных очагов природно-очаговых инфекций // Эпидемиол. и инфекц. бол. - 2005. - № 5. - С. 51-53.][Черкасский Б. Л. Руководство по общей эпидемиологии. - М., 2001.]