The first human infection with tick-borne borreliosis this year was registered in the Tver region

In total, 346 people were bitten by ticks.

As of April 25, 346 calls from people to medical organizations regarding tick bites were registered in the Tver region, including 115 among children.

“One case of tick-borne borreliosis in an adult has been registered,” reported the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Tver Region.

Let us remind you that in Russia a species of ticks has been discovered that can infect humans with the plague. Read about how to escape from these arachnids and what to do if bitten in the material from Tverigrad.ru.

As Rospotrebnadzor previously noted, during the 2023 epidemic season, more than 5.6 thousand victims of tick bites contacted medical organizations in the region, 33% of them were children.

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