| Abstract: | The contemporary state of settlement nidi of tick-borne relapsing fever is discussed on the material collected in the Namanganskaya and Andizhanskaya regions of Uzbek SSR. Despite the control measures and rise of the sanitary culture of population the conditions are still preserved for the maintenance of nidi. As in ancient estates, classical nidi of tick-borne relapsing fever, so in modern ones there are preserved conditions for existence of flourishing populations of vectors, i.e. favourable habitats and the availability of hosts. The analysis of factors is given affecting the contemporary level of sick-rate with tick-borne relapsing fever. Within the limits of the distribution area of the vector a higher sick-rate should be expected than it is registered. |
