Results of monitoring of epizootic activity and epidemiological manifestation of ixodes tick-borne borrelliosis among the population living in various landscape and geographic zones of the Republic of Tatarstan


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2025.15.1.15-23

Trifonov V.A., Savitskaya T.A., Reshetnikova I.D., Isaeva G.Sh., Tyurin Yu.A., Agafonova E.V., Patyashina M.A., Karpova I.A., Saifullina G.Sh., Gainullin A.A.

1) Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Kazan, Russia; 2) Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia; 3) Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia, Kazan, Russia; 4) Office of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being in the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; 5) Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia
Objective. Analysis of epizootic activity and epidemic manifestation of ixodid tick-borne borreliosis among the population living in various landscape-geographic zones (subzones) of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2012–2022.
Materials and methods. The data from the standard statistical observation forms №. 2 for 1992–2022 were used. The collection of zooparasitological material was carried out by the standard flag method in 43 districts of the Republic of Tatarstan in April–October 2012–2022. Spontaneous infection of 4,550 specimens of ixodid ticks with pathogenic genomospecies Borellia burgdorferi s.l., Borrelia miyamotoi was determined using PCR. Serological testing of adult blood sera for the presence of specific IgG was performed using the ELISA method.
Results. The subzones were ranked according to the degree of potential epidemic danger for the population: high – in the subtaiga and southern taiga subzone, medium - in the typical and southern forest-steppe and broad-leaved subzones. Municipalities where the incidence of ixodid tick-borne borreliosis among the population was not registered during the study period were classified as territories with a low potential risk of infection.
Conclusion. The organization and implementation of long-term epizootological and epidemiological monitoring based on a set of indicators, including infection of carriers with ixodid tick-borne borreliosis pathogens, the population’s appeals for medical care associated with tick bites, seropositivity, the level and nature of the dynamics of ixodid tick-borne borreliosis among the population, allow to assess the risk of infection of the population in various landscape-geographical zones (subzones).

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About the Autors


Vladimir A. Trifonov, Cand. Med. Sci., Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Natural Focal Infections, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Kazan, Russia; vatrifonov@mail.ru; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-1825
Tatiana A. Savitskaya, Cand. Biol. Sci., Head, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Natural Focal Infections, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Kazan, Russia; tatasav777@mail.ru; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-0387
Irina D. Reshetnikova, Cand. Med. Sci., Director, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being; Associate Professor, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia; reshira@mail.ru; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-6861
Guzel Sh. Isaeva, МD, Аssociate Director, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being; Head, Department of Microbiology, Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health  of the Russia, Kazan, Russia; guisaeva@rambler.ru; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1462-8734
Yuri A. Tyurin, МD, Head, Laboratory of Immunology and Allergen Development, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being; Associate Professor, Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia, Kazan, Russia; tyurin.yurii@yandex. ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2536-3604
Elena V. Agafonova, Cand. Med. Sci., Head, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being; Associate Professor, Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia, Kazan, Russia; agafono@mail.ru; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4411-8786
Marina A. Patyashina, МD, Сorresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Republic Tatarstan, МD, Head, Office of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being in the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; RPN.RT@tatar.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-3993
Irina A. Karpova, Head, Department for Epidemiological Surveillance, Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Tatarstan; Assistant, Department of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia, Kazan, Russia; fbuzkarpovairina@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9244-1384
Gulfina Sh. Saifullina, Zoologist, Department for Epidemiological Surveillance, Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; fbuz.epidemiologi@tatar.ru
Askar A. Gainullin, Zoologist, Department for Epidemiological Surveillance, Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; fbuz.epidemiologi@tatar.ru


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