Improvement of Epizootiological Monitoring in the Natural Tularemia Focus of Steppe Type in the Stavropol Territory
Journal: Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Year: 2026

The effectiveness of tularemia prevention in humans depends on the timely detection of pathogen cultures in natural foci. The aim of the study was to increase the efficiency of isolating Francisella tularensis cultures during epizootiological monitoring in natural foci of steppe type through taking into account the dependence of the infection rate of carriers, vectors and environmental objects on the degree of epizootic activity and the survey season. Materials and methods . An epizootiological