Dr. Sofija Mateska

University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile conditions

Skopje, North Macedonia

Topic of interest: Tick-borne diseases

BAVBD contribution:

• Work on early detection, diagnostics and treatment of tick-borne diseases .

• Prevention,  precautionary measures and protection against tick bites.

References:

1.     Jakimovski D, Mateska S, Dimitrova E, Bosilkovski M, Mijatović D, Simin V, Bogdan I, Grujić J, Budakov-Obradović Z, Meletis E, Kostoulas P, Cabezas-Cruz A, Banović P. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Balkan Tick-Infested Individuals: A Two-Centre Study. Pathogens. 2023 Jul 9;12(7):922. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12070922. PMID: 37513769; PMCID: PMC10385890.

2.     Jakimovski D, Mateska S, Simin V, Bogdan I, Mijatović D, Estrada-Peña A, Mateos-Hernández L, Foucault-Simonin A, Moutailler S, Cabezas-Cruz A, Banović P. Mediterranean spotted fever-like illness caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, North Macedonia, June 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022 Oct;27(42):2200735. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.42.2200735. PMID: 36268740; PMCID: PMC9585876.