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Analysis of the Epizootic and Epidemiological Situation on Leptospirosis in 2023 and Forecast for 2024 in the Russian Federation

  • D. V. Trankvilevsky,
  • O. N. Skudareva,
  • E. P. Igonina,
  • E. Yu. Kiseleva,
  • V. M. Korzun,
  • Yu. A. Verzhutskaya,
  • A. K. Noskov,
  • E. S. Kulikalova,
  • N. V. Breneva,
  • S. E. Budaeva,
  • I. V. Morozova,
  • A. V. Trishina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2024-3-51-62
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 3
pp. 51 – 62

Abstract

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The aim of the work was to analyze the epizootic and epidemiological situation on leptospirosis in the territory of the Russian Federation in 2023 and to forecast its development for 2024. In the period between 2000 and 2023, the long-term dynamics of morbidity in Russia tended to decrease. Leptospirosis incidence was mainly sporadic. In 2023, cases of this infection in humans were reported in all federal districts, with the exception of the North Caucasian one. The highest incidence rates were recorded in the Southern and Central Federal Districts. The results of testing material from small mammals using bacteriological, immunological and molecular-biological methods confirmed the circulation of pathogenic Leptospira in 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation in all federal districts. Specific prevention measures were carried out: 20,114 people were vaccinated in 27 entities. The probability of human infection is higher in the territories of the Southern, Central, Northwestern, Volga and Ural Federal Districts. Imported cases of infection from regions with subequatorial and equatorial climates, which are actively visited by tourists, are not excluded.

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