In the Sverdlovsk region since the beginning of the season, mites bitten 1462 people. This is 3.2 times lower than the same period last year. Among children under the age of 17, 338 cases of tick sucking were registered, all subjects received anti-malignant immunoglobulin for preventive purposes.

In the treatment and prophylactic organizations of the region with a preliminary diagnosis of tick-borne viral encephalitis, 1 person was hospitalized, with tick-borne ixorid borreliosis - 3 people, according to the department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Sverdlovsk region.

In the laboratories of the FBU "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Sverdlovsk Region" 284 mites. Antigen of tick-borne encephalitis virus was detected in 5 samples (1.76%); In PCR for borreliosis and other bacterial tick-borne infections, 236 samples. On ixodal tick-borne borreliosis 66 positive samples were detected, monocyte erlichiosis - 1 test.

In 2017, in the Sverdlovsk region, it is planned to conduct acaricidal treatments on the territory of 9000 hectares. As of May 2, 2017g. Acaricidal treatments were carried out on 120 hectares, which amounted to 1.3% of the subject areas.