[Forest tick Ixodes ricinus (Ixodidae) in the foci of tick-borne borreliosis of the northwestern part of the Moscow region].
Monitoring studies during 1996-2001 have shown a natural foci of tick-borne borreliosis with high abundance of Ixodes ricinus and high infection rate with an agent: 19.5-38.4 tick individuals per 1 km of route, infection rate 18.0 +/- 1.7-22.5 +/- 1.5%. A risk to be infected with the Lyme disease in the ricinus focus of the tick-borne borreliosis during the epizootic season did not vary much during the period of study, 3.5-8.2 in different year, mean 6.0 infected ticks per 1 km of route.
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D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons