IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDICAL GEOINFORMATION SYSTEM IN RESEARCH OF IXODES RICINUS AND MITE’S INFECTIONS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The information about the implementation of the geographic information system in researches of the ixodes mites, cases of their attacks of people and domestic animals and their distribution in different biotopes of Ternopil and 38 cities and towns from 13 regions of Ukraine are provided. Particular attention is paid to forestry workers in Ternopil, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Volyn, Rivne and Transcarpathian regions.

Geoinformation system is very important in the work of entomologists, infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists and local authorities in a case of the ticks number, the threat of the increase in the number of contagious mice infections and the development of effective preventive anti-epidemic measures.

The purpose of the work is to create a medical geoinformation system on the basis of received data on ticks collected from the body of people and domestic animals within the Ternopil and other regions of Ukraine where field research was conducted; generalize and systematize data on the clinical status of patients affected by ioxin mites during field and laboratory trials.

Materials and methods. Optic-electronic system SEO – IMAGLAB was using for the identification of Ixodic ticks. Determination of pathogens, which were transferred by the ticks, was performed using the polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) method in real time by preparing a suspension from ticks, isolating of DNA and further amplification using the «ROTORGene–6000» amplifier.

The basis of the created medical GIS was taken by the platform ArcGIS.

Results. The created medical geoinformation system (GIS) provides an opportunity to see on-line the distribution of mites caused by infections and the patients in whom these infections were detected. It was studied in Ternopil, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Transcarpathian and other regions of Ukraine. The capabilities of GIS give possibility to summarize results and show them in the tables, charts and diagrams. It gives opportunity to find ticks and patients by the identification number, etc.

Conclusion. The use of medical GIS during the study of morpho-physiological, biological and epidemiological features of ixodes ticks provides the opportunity to receive spatial representations and demonstrate the results. It is important in terms of summarizing and streamlining the data on the state of patients who are attacked by ticks and infected with various types of infectious agents in certain areas. Medical GIS can be used to predict the epidemiological danger in human settlements and in territorial regions.