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“Tick season” – the so-called warm season in many regions of Russia. “Secret Lists” found out where in our carriers of deadly diseases could appear.
This year, Russian scientists have discovered a new variety tick-borne encephalitis. The virus affects the body, penetrating right into the human brain. Specialists continue to study the disease. It is already known that this type of virus combines several encephalitis strains, including deadly – Siberian.
But where did the insects that spread such a terrible disease? According to one version, deadly encephalitis tick – the creation of human hands.
“In the 30s, the Japanese created Detachment 731, which I was directly involved in biological weapons, – said Igor Nikulin, expert of the Supreme Environmental Council under the Committee on ecology and nature management. – They experimented with ticks – and made them carriers of encephalitis. Created of this encephalitis tick. With the help of which they managed already in the 30s to infect large areas of the Soviet Far East. ”
After being bitten by an encephalitis tick, they can also penetrate tularemia, Lyme disease, relapsing fever and others dangerous infections. From year to year, the insect occupies more and more territory. Thousands of Russians suffer from his attacks annually.
“If you look at the distribution maps of encephalitis tick of the 60-70s and compare them with the current, you can draw attention that its range is expanding. And now he meets in Smolensk region, and in the Tver “, – said expert Andrei Mists.
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