MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RICKETTSIA AND RICKETTSIOSES OF TICK-BORNE SPOTTED FEVER GROUP IN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
New scientific data indicating the wide spread of new Rickettsia species pathogenic for humans and environmentally connected with Ixodes ticks are obtained in Russia and Kazakhstan. Total spreading over 15 genotypes of tick-borne alpha1-proteobacteria is found. Rickettsiae scenery is necessary to study in the regions of Kazakhstan and the Crimean Federal District.