title: Ixodid ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) of the Irtysh River floodplain
abstract: Blood-sucking ticks are an integral part of the ecosystems and play a key role in the transfer of viruses, bacteria and protozoa from one organism to another. All over the world there is a problem of zoonotic infections, including vector-borne ones. In Kazakhstan, there are several foci of vector-borne infections transmitted by ixodid ticks. In the eastern region of the republic, these are natural foci of tularemia, tick-borne encephalitis, rickettsiosis, and borreliosis in humans, and blood-par
journal: BULLETIN of the L N Gumilyov Eurasian National University BIOSCIENCE Series