64 residents of Nizhny Novgorod fell ill with tick-borne borreliosis.

      Seven cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis have been registered. 6277 appeals to medical organizations regarding tick bites have been recorded in 49 municipalities, as well as in 8 districts of Nizhny Novgorod as of August 5. This is reported by the Rospotrebnadzor office for the Nizhny Novgorod region. Among the victims are 180 children. Most often, ticks attacked residents of Nizhny Novgorod in Bor, Dzerzhinsk, Vetluzhsky, Pavlovsky municipal districts, and in Nizhny Novgorod. The population was bitten by ticks in 35% of cases in household areas, in 35% of cases in garden plots, in 19% in the forest, and in 10% in parks and squares. Seven cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis have been registered, including in a 12-year-old child. The cases of infection occurred due to tick bites in the Varnavinsky, Chkalovsky, Vetluzhsky, Gorodetsky districts, as well as in the Irkutsk region. All the infected did not seek medical help for emergency prevention of tick-borne viral encephalitis. 64 cases of ixodid tick borreliosis have been registered among the adult population. In 96% of cases, the infection occurred in the territory of the region. Emergency prevention with anti-tick immunoglobulin has been carried out for 953 victims, of whom 926 are children. Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor warned of a second peak of tick activity.

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      Already seven residents of Nizhny Novgorod have contracted viral tick-borne encephalitis since the beginning of the year. Since the start of the tick activity season in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 6277 appeals regarding their bites have been recorded. 12:56 06.08.2026 Nizhny Novgorod Truth - Nizhny Novgorod

      64 residents of Nizhny Novgorod have contracted ixodid tick borreliosis. Seven cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis have been registered. 6277 appeals to medical organizations regarding tick bites have been recorded in 49 municipalities. 12:56 06.08.2026 Vremya N - Nizhny Novgorod

      News from neighboring regions on the topic:

      On the epidemic situation regarding tick-borne viral encephalitis and other infections transmitted by ticks. The Rospotrebnadzor office for the Ivanovo region reports that as of August 6, 2026, medical organizations in the Ivanovo region have registered 1418 appeals for medical assistance regarding tick bites. 14:28 06.08.2026 Rospotrebnadzor - Ivanovo

      More than 10,000 cases of tick bites have been registered in Udmurtia since the beginning of the year. Maxim Alexandrov, Correspondent. Since the beginning of 2026, 10,570 cases of tick bites have been recorded in Udmurtia. 14:24 06.08.2026 Udm-info.Ru - Izhevsk

      Two cases of encephalitis and seven cases of borreliosis have been registered in the Pskov region. Two cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis and seven cases of ixodid tick borreliosis have been registered in the Pskov region since the beginning of the season. 15:03 06.08.2026 InformPskov.Ru - Pskov

      Information about tick activity in the Moscow region. The Rospotrebnadzor office for the Moscow region informs about tick activity in the Moscow region. 13:34 06.08.2026 Rospotrebnadzor MO - Mytishchi

      Rospotrebnadzor monitors the epidemiological situation regarding infections transmitted by tick bites (from 29.07.2026 to 04.08.2026). The Rospotrebnadzor office for the Kemerovo region-Kuzbass reminds that the territory of the Kemerovo region-Kuzbass is endemic for tick-borne viral encephalitis (further - TBVE). 17:32 06.08.2026 Rospotrebnadzor - Kemerovo

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      On the population's appeals regarding tick bites as of 06.08.2026. Over the past week, 115 people (including 29 children) sought medical help in the Tula region regarding tick bites. 12:19 06.08.2026 Rospotrebnadzor - Tula

      Where ticks bite more often, reported Rospotrebnadzor of Komi. Photo from the archive of IA "KomiInform". Rospotrebnadzor of Komi published statistics on ticks for the past week. 12:17 06.08.2026 IA KomiInform - Syktyvkar

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      More than 10,500 cases of tick bites have been registered in Udmurtia. 10,570 cases of tick bites have been registered in Udmurtia since the beginning of 2026, 2184 of them among children. 10:33 06.08.2026 IA Udmurtia - Izhevsk

      In the Krasnoyarsk region, the number of people infected with tick-borne infections is increasing. In the Krasnoyarsk region, 280 residents, including 26 children, sought medical help with complaints of tick bites in the first week of August. 13:11 06.08.2026 Newslab.Ru - Krasnoyarsk

      In the Krasnoyarsk region, the number of people infected with tick-borne infections is increasing. In a week, 27 cases of tick-borne encephalitis and 15 cases of borreliosis have been diagnosed. KrasnoyarskMedia, August 6. 12:56 06.08.2026 KrasnoyarskMedia - Krasnoyarsk

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