Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiolgy, Moscow, Russia
The primary clinical-anamnestic and laboratory data on 1,062 cases, registered in Udmurtia in 1965 – 1968 and caused by the bites of taiga ticks (Ixodes persulcatus), were retrospectively analyzed. The study revealed that not less than 27% of these cases could be regarded as cases of Ixodes tick-borne borreliosis (ITBB); formerly they were classified with tick-born encephalitis (TBE) or diseases of unclear etiology. The spread of ITBB on the territory of the Udmurt Republic was shown to be similar to that of TBE.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003, No. 2, P. 28—32