Shcherbakova, S.A., Bilko, E.A., Klyueva, E.V., Danilov, A.N., Plotnikova, E.A., Tarasov, M.A., Chekashov, V.N., Udovikov, A.I., Knyazeva, T.V., Shilov, M.M., Samoilova, L.V., Khramov, V.N., Kazakova, L.V., Kuklev, E.V., Kulichenko, A.N.

The ecology and prevalence of arboviruses on the territory of the Saratov region

Research Instiute for Plague Control “Microbe”, Regional Center of Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Saratov, Russia

The territorial spread of Tahyna, Batai, Sindbis, West Nile fever and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever viruses throughout the Saratov region in 1998 — 2000 was analyzed. The characteristics of the epizootic activity of the natural foci of these arboviruses in different landscape zones (temperate forest-steppes, steppes and semi-deserts) were calculated. The species composition of small mammals, the natural reservoirs of the causative agents of arbovirus infections, was determined.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2005, No. 5, P. 27—30