DATA ON DISTRIBUTION AND VECTORS OF HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN WESTERN SIBERIA

Abstract

Conclusions: Ixodid ticks maintain the virus of this disease for a long time, and are essential members of biocenosis of a natural focus of hemorrhagic fever; the existence of a natural focus of hemorrhagic fever is apparently associated with the presence of at least two ixodid tick species (Dermacentor pictus Herm. and Dermacentor marginatus Sulz.) encountered in the western Siberian lowlands. Direct contact with ixodid ticks appeared to be a determining, but possibly not the only factor in occurrence of this disease among humans. The existence of natural foci of hemorrhagic fever is probable within the distribution range of two ixodid tick species throughout the entire extent of the western Siberian lowlands, in any case within the boundary of southern subzone of the taiga and steppe zone of Omsk Oblast.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0638004

Entities

People

  • A. V. Gagarina
  • G. I. Netsky

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundaries
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Epidemiology
  • Health
  • Hygiene
  • Infection
  • Infectious Disease Transmission
  • Public Health
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

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  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).