Problems in the organization of prophylaxis of tick-borne infections in the urban population

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).

natural focal infections, Ixodes tick-borne borrelioses, spring tick-borne encephalitis, rapid diagnosis, ticks