2000年至2023年乌克兰的莱姆病
Orest Zolotukhin1, Vira Tril1, Anastasiia Volkova1
1Department of Microbiology, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine.
Przeglad epidemiologiczny
|March 18, 2025
概括
莱姆病 (LD) 在乌克兰的发病率从2000年到2023年急剧上升,城市地区受到影响最大. 社会政治事件可能影响了疾病高峰,突出了针对性公共卫生战略的需要.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 动物传播疾病 动物传播疾病
背景情况:
- 莱姆病 (Lyme disease,简称LD) 是欧洲和北美流行的一种传播疾病,由Borrelia spp.引起.
- 自2000年以来,乌克兰报告的LD病例稳步增加,成为公共卫生问题.
- 关于LD在乌克兰的地理传播和社会政治影响的流行病学数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查2000年至2023年期间乌克兰莱姆病 (LD) 的发病率.
- 分析LD病例的地理分布和时间趋势.
- 探索社会政治事件与LD流行之间的潜在联系.
主要方法:
- 利用乌克兰卫生部关于注册LD病例的官方统计数据.
- 纳入相关文献来源进行全面分析.
- 对发病率进行了地理和时间分析.
主要成果:
- 在2000年至2023年期间,共记录了45371例LD病例,平均每年为1890例.
- 2015年和2022年发生了显著的发病率增加,可能与社会政治事件和人口流离失所有关.
- 基辅及其地区的发病率最高,城市居民占病例的83.2%,这表明城市和农村的差异很大.
结论:
- 在乌克兰,莱姆病的发病率在23年内显著增加,其中城市地区的发病率显著集中.
- 2015年和2022年的峰值表明与社会政治混乱和与战争有关的流离失所有关.
- 加强公共卫生战略对于在城市环境中管理LD和解决城乡差距至关重要.
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