Five cases of tick-borne encephalitis were registered in Bishkek. The Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance reported.
According to it, a total of 312 people turned for medical help with tick bites, 19 of them received immunoglobulin. Five cases of tick-borne encephalitis were registered among residents of the city of Bishkek, all patients received treatment and were discharged from hospital.
The center recalled that tick-borne encephalitis is an acute infectious viral disease with a primary lesion of the central nervous system. Consequences of the disease range from complete recovery to health disorders leading to disability and death.
The causative agent of the disease (arbovirus) is transmitted to a person in the first minutes of sucking by a tick infected with the virus along with anesthetic saliva.
When removing a tick, it is necessary to tie it with a thread around its proboscis and, swinging the ends of the thread, carefully pull out the tick, disinfect the bite site with any means suitable for this purpose (70 percent alcohol, 5 percent iodine, cologne).
The removed tick must be placed in a penicillin bottle with a lid and delivered to the Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of Bishkek at the address: 36 Baitik Baatyr Street, room 203, telephone +996312511016.
It is possible to become infected with tick-borne encephalitis when visiting endemic territories in the border recreation areas of Chui region (Ala-Archa, Tepliye Klyuchi, Kegety Gorge, Tokmak forestry), when ticks are carried by animals (dogs, cats) or people — on clothes, with flowers, when crushing a tick, as well as when drinking raw milk of goats (most often), sheep, cows, buffaloes. The virus may be in milk of the animals during a mass attack of ticks.
Therefore, when visiting recreation areas, it is recommended to wear clothes with long sleeves fastened at the wrists with an elastic band, pants that must be tucked into socks, and the head and neck must be covered with a scarf. To protect against ticks, repellents are used to treat open areas of the body and clothing.
