Approximately 17,500 residents of Ural have suffered tick bites
Headline: Tick Bites Run Rampant in Sverdlovsk Region: Latest Figures Revealed
Body:Springtime in the Sverdlovsk region has been besieged by an onslaught of tick bites, affecting no less than 17,500 people. A staggering 108 have been diagnosed with suspected tick-borne borreliosis, with 5 confirmed cases, while 53 individuals have been hospitalized with suspected tick-borne encephalitis, 32 of whom have tested positive for the disease. These alarming statistics originate from the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor).
Digging deeper, an array of tests conducted in laboratories has uncovered various tick-borne ailments. In 1% of the samples, the encephalitis virus was detected, with Lyme borreliosis lurking in a substantial 41.1% of the samples. Monocytic ehrlichiosis was identified in 3%, and granulocytic anaplasmosis was found in 1% of the tested ticks. As of June 2nd, over 95% of parks and squares have undergone treatment for ticks, aiming to control the infestation.
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