TBE in Mongolia

Abstract

In Mongolia, TBEV was first isolated (Kraminskii V.A) from marmot liver in Dornod province in 1979, while the Ixodes persulcatus tick was identified in 1987 by M. Dash. I. persulcatus is a taiga tick distributed in coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches. Much of northern Mongolia is covered in coniferous forest, and the southern edge of the Siberian taiga is located along the Khangai and Khentii mountains.