Risks of rabies spreading in new territories of the Russian Federation
https://doi.org/10.21886/2219-8075-2026-17-2-131-136
Abstract
Objective: to assess the epidemiological risks of rabies spread among carnivorous animals in the territories of new subjects of the Russian Federation: Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Zaporozhye Region (ZR), Kherson Region (KR).
Materials and methods: analysis of information monitoring data from official websites and statistical reporting forms on infectious morbidity in Ukraine.
Results: the current epizootic-epidemiological situation of rabies among carnivorous animals in the new subjects of Russia is defined as complex; from 2022 to 2025, four fatal human rabies cases were registered. In Ukraine, including in the territories bordering the Russian Federation, a long-term epizootic of rabies among wild predatory animals is registered. The current period is characterized by the urbanization of the epizootic process due to the inclusion of stray and domestic dogs and cats in the parasitic system.
Conclusions: in the DPR, LPR, KR and ZR there are epidemiological risks of rabies spread among carnivorous animals, classified as ubiquitous and local, determined by the tense epizooticepidemiological situation of this infection in Ukraine.
About the Authors
A. A. Sukiasyan
Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Artur A. Sukiasyan, Junior Researcher of the Department of Epidemiology
Rostov-on-Don
Competing Interests:
Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
N. L. Pichurina
Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Natalya L. Pichurina, Cand. Sci. (Med.)., Acting Head of the Department of Epidemiology
Rostov-on-Don
Competing Interests:
Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
V. V. Batashev
Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor; Rostov State Medical University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Victor V. Batashev, Cand. Sci. (Med.)., Associate Professor of the Department of Epidemiology; Senior Researcher, Department of Professional Retraining and Advanced Training of Specialists
Rostov-on-Don
Competing Interests:
Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
A. V. Grigoriy
Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Alexander V. Grigoriy, Laboratory Assistant at the Department of Epidemiology
Rostov-on-Don
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Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
F. V. Logvin
Rostov State Medical University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Fedor V. Logvin, Cand. Sci. (Med.)., Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Epidemiology
Rostov-on-Don
Competing Interests:
Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
N. E. Gaevskaya
Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Natalya E. Gaevskaya, Cand. Sci. (Med.)., Director
Rostov-on-Don
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Logvin F.V. is the Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal «Medical Herald of the South of Russia». The article has passed the review procedure accepted in the Journal by independent experts. The authors did not declare any other conflicts of interest.
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Sukiasyan A.A., Pichurina N.L., Batashev V.V., Grigoriy A.V., Logvin F.V., Gaevskaya N.E. Risks of rabies spreading in new territories of the Russian Federation. Medical Herald of the South of Russia. 2026;17(2):131-136. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21886/2219-8075-2026-17-2-131-136
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