Perspectives de découverte de foyers de peste composés (marmotte-spermophiles et marmotte -campagnols) dans la zone périphérique du Tien Chan. Perspective of discovery of compound of plague foci (marmot-ground squirrel and marmot vole) on peripherial areas of Tien Shan.

Résumé

The first serious ground for revision the traditional views on the extremely Alpine dependence, primitive biocenotic structure of the Tien Shan and Alai plague foci was discovery in 1975-1980 of the plague epizootics zone at the altitude of 1500-to 2800 m on the northern slopes of Alai and Talas Mountain ridges. The plague microbe in population red marmot, wood mouse, Royle's mountain vole, grey hamsters and their flees were found. These facts proved to be the ground for the supposition of the existence of compound plague foci in the mid-altitude zone of the Tien Shan and Alai (Tulembaev et al., 1982). In the western (mid-altitude) part of the Alai Valley in 1988-1989 discoveried plague epizootic in Royle's mountain vole, wood mouse, red marmot and their ectoparasites (Serjakov et al., 1992). After a long period of time reconnaissances on Dzhungar mountain range in 1990-1991 first were found specific antibodies to capsular and somatic antigen of plague microbe from 5 species of rodents (Bezverkhni et al., 1992). Thus, the investigation of the last 17 years makes us come to the conclusion of possible discovery of new plague foci in Kirgiz, Ketmen, Kungei and Transili peripherial ranges of Tien Shan.