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Chapter 12b: TBE in Kazakhstan

Local Medical organizations are officially The Kazakh Institute of Epidemiology,
advised to conduct timely identification, Microbiology and Hygiene Research defines
recording and reporting of cases, including all TBE-endemic areas in the 27 districts and 6
individuals affected by tick bites, and this regions of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Eastern
documentation includes diagnostic measures Kazakhstan, Akmola, Kostanai, Karaganda and
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taken, hospitalization, medical examination Northern Kazakhstan). with no typical TBE
and treatment of patients with TBE. Clinical cases in steppe foci in recent years, only 15
supervision for patients which recovered from districts in 2 regions (Almaty and Eastern
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TBE must be conducted by a neurologist for a Kazakhstan) are still on the list of TBE-
two-year period or longer, depending on the endemic areas. However, in 2016 the new
patient's health status. Routine immunization cases appeared in “old” endemic zones in
against tick-borne encephalitis must be carried Akmola region.
out by medical organizations and must be
provided for individuals whose activities are
connected with being in a natural focus of tick
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-borne encephalitis.

Figure 2: Age and gender distribution of TBE in Kazakhstan

Latest raw data can be found at https://id-ea.org/tbe/tbe12b17/#data2

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