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According to the number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis Maritime continues to hold first place in other regions of Russia, announced today the press conference.
According to statistics, most cases in 2012 — among the residents of Vladivostok, Spassk-Far, Ussuriysk Dalnegorsk and Dalnerechensk and Khasan, Kavalerovsky, Red Army and Chuguevsky areas. Actually vaccinated were about 41 thousand of the littoral of the planned 73 thousand. At the moment, only vaccinated 7000 of the planned 70.
«People use drugs and dissuasive they have a dangerous illusion that they are protected from the bites, — Said Angela Kabieva, Head of Vladivostok clinical and diagnostic center. — But any matter works some time, and their care remain unprotected which -what parts of the body. To some extent, chemical drugs reduce the risk of bites, but completely rely on them can not be » .
Going out into the woods to fill clothes so that the tick could not «risen» to the bare body parts, expert advice. Choose the best clothes for a campaign of light tones and inspect it every half hour. However, it is not a panacea, and the only way to protect — vaccination.
«You can take root all year round, and better to do it in the fall, to comply with the standard vaccination schedule, — Said Irina Chentsova, head of the Center for encephalitis regional clinical hospital № 1. — Here in Primorye has 4 vaccines, and they have its route of administration. usually injected, six months — the second, and the next — in a year. followed by a booster every 3 years. «.