Symposium report: emerging threats for human health – impact of socioeconomic and climate change on zoonotic diseases in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia

Figures & data

Figure 1. Data on the spread of natural focal infections of bacterial and viral aetiology on the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Source: Kershengolts, B.M., Cherniavsky, V.F., Repin, V.E., Nikiforov, O.I., Sofronova, O.N [11].: Influence of Global Climate Changes on Realisation of Potential of Infectious Diseases among Population of the Russian Arctic, an example of Yakutia, in: Human Ecology/Ecologiya Cheloveka (6), pp. 34–39, p. 35 (in Russian).

Figure 2. Statistics on the prevalence of zoonotic diseases (individual cases of new infections) in the Republic of Sakha

Data source: Annual State Reports of the Regional Office of the Rospotrebnadzor in Yakutia (Online: http://14.rospotrebnadzor.ru/275), own visualisation.

Table 1. Statistics on the prevalence of selected zoonotic diseases (individual cases of new infections) in the Republic of Sakha from 1950–2018

Zoonoses	1950–1960	1960–1970	1970–1980	1980–1990	1990 – 2000	2000 – 2010	2010 – 2018
Diphyllobothriasis	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	35,201	25,014	12,597
Yersiniosis	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	221	25	14	30
Pseudotuberculosis	n.d.a	n.d.a	179	556	45	25	18
Encephalomyelitis	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	5	2	2
Lyme disease	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	1	6	6
Brucellosis	23	49	69	19	57	14	5
Rabies	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Echinococcosis	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	100	122	72
Trichinosis	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	n.d.a	187	35	2
Tularaemia	806	1353	19	0	0	1	0
Anthrax	8	0	8	3	0	0	0
Equine Strangles	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Leptospirosis	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
HFKS (Haemorrhagic fever with kidney syndrome)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Data source: Russian Federal Service for Surveillance of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor); n.d.a. = no data available

Table 2. Risk zones for anthrax outbreaks and degree of disadvantage according to Neustroev and Dyagilev [unpublished work]

Zone A	high level of incidence (17 to 25 outbreaks in total), 9 administrative districts of Yakutia
Zone B	average level of incidence and disadvantage (6 to 15 outbreaks), 9 administrative districts of Yakutia
Zone C	low level of incidence and recurrence risk (1 to 5 outbreaks), 12 administrative districts
Zone D	free of anthrax, cases of anthrax have never been recorded, 5 districts, situated mainly in tundra areas of the polar regions of Yakutia

Table 3. Statistics on the prevalence of selected zoonotic diseases in horses in the Republic of Sakha. 1 – number of disadvantaged farms, 2 – number of animals diseased, n.d.a. – no data available (Neustroev et al. 2018a)

Year Zoonoses	1980 – 1990	1990 – 2000	2000 – 2010	2010 – 2018
Salmonella Abortion (1)	3	35	98	39
Equine Strangles (1/2)	162/10,609	79/2929	168/800	41/67
Rhinopneumonia (1/2)	n.d.a.	n.d.a.	142/741	36/132
Leptospirosis (1/2)	n.d.a.	n.d.a.	125/1077	174/587

Figure 3. Prevalence of Diphyllobothriasis in Yakutia from 2003–2017 (individual cases)

Data Source: Annual State Reports of Regional Office of Rospotrebnadzor in Yakutia, online: http://14.rospotrebnadzor.ru/275 (own visualisation).

Kershengolts BM, Cherniavsky VF, Repin VE, et al. Influence of global climate changes on realization of potential of infectious diseases among population of the Russian Arctic, an example of Yakutia. Hum Ecol. 2009;6:34–39.

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