Geography of Emerging and Reemerging Natural-Focal Diseases in Russia

Abstract

The geography of emerging and reemerging natural-focal diseases on the territory of Russia is considered. The data on the distribution and features of epidemic manifestation of eight model infections (ixodid tick-borne borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, tularemia, leptospirosis, West Nile fever, Crimean hemorrhagic fever, and Astrakhan rickettsiosis fever) from different groups of emerging diseases are presented. The risk of exposure to these infections among the population in the European part of Russia is assessed, and they are mapped within the natural borders (biomes).