STUDY RESULTS OF NATURAL FOCI OF TULAREMIA IN THE CRIMEA
Journal: ЗДОРОВЬЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ И СРЕДА ОБИТАНИЯ - ЗНиСО / PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIFE ENVIRONMENT
Year: 2019

We analyzed the observations’ results of natural foci of tularemia on the territory of Crimea during 2015–2018. Material from small mammals, ticks and pellets of predatory birds by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and the reactions of indirect (passive) hemagglutination (RIHA) was investigated. Positive samples were detected in the zoological and entomological material. Synanthropic and hemisinanthropic species are found among infected small mammals, wh