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Analysis of the Epizootiological and Epidemiological Situation on Tularemia in the Territory of the Russian Federation in 2023 and Forecast for 2024

  • T. Yu. Kudryavtseva,
  • V. P. Popov,
  • A. N. Mokrievich,
  • E. S. Kulikalova,
  • A. V. Kholin,
  • A. V. Mazepa,
  • M. A. Borzenko,
  • E. A. Cherepanova,
  • V. A. Matveeva,
  • D. V. Trankvilevsky,
  • M. V. Khramov,
  • I. A. Dyatlov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2024-1-17-29
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 1
pp. 17 – 29

Abstract

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In 2023, 305 cases of human infection with tularemia agent were registered in the Russian Federation. Epizootic manifestations of the infection, varying in the degree of intensity, were identified in 65 constituent entities of the country, and sporadic cases of human tularemia were reported in 15 regions of Russia. The unfavorable epidemic situation persists in the Republic of Karelia (189 patients with tularemia), Stavropol Territory (35 people), and a surge in the incidence is also recorded in the Donetsk People’s Republic (53 patients), which accounts for 91 % of all tularemia cases in the country. A total of 82 Francisella tularensis cultures were isolated in 9 entities of the Russian Federation. 923,729 people were vaccinated and revaccinated against tularemia in 2023. Based on the data analysis, obtained in 2023, epidemic complications in the form of sporadic cases of the disease among the unvaccinated population in the following territories are most likely to occur in 2024: the Central Federal District – in the Vladimir, Oryol, Ryazan and Tver Regions, and Moscow city; Northwestern Federal District – in the Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Vologda Regions and in St. Petersburg; Southern Federal District – in the Republic of Crimea, Volgograd and Rostov Regions; North Caucasus Federal District – in the Stavropol Territory; Volga Federal District – in the Republic of Mordovia, as well as in the Kirov and Saratov Regions; Ural Federal District – in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, KhantyMansi Autonomous District and Tyumen Region; Siberian Federal District – in the territories of certain districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Omsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk Regions; Far Eastern Federal District – in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

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