Based on extensive field collections (2000-2014) in Kazakhstan and a review of the material in the National Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan, we identified 68 species of aquatic Hemiptera from 11 families. Most species have broad zoogeographic distribution, dominated by West Eurasian fauna (18 species) and West Palearctic fauna (10 species). Details of habitats, feeding types, and life histor...

Using PCR, we screened 411 ticks from four genera collected in Russia and Kazakhstan for the presence of rickettsiae and ehrlichiae. In Russia, we detected "Rickettsia heilongjiangensis," Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4, and Ehrlichia muris. In Kazakhstan, we detected Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4 and a rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia aeschlimannii. These agents should be considered in a diffe...

Research on skin beetles of tugai forests with use of passive window traps was performed in Almaty region in Kazakhstan in 2013. Ctesias (Decemctesias) yuliyae sp. nov. is described, illustrated, and compared with similar species of the genus Ctesias subgenus Decemctesias Háva, 2004. The new species differs by the structure of antennae and male genitalia. Eighteen other dermestid species from K...

On September 19, 2003, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine signed an agreement in Yalta on “The Concept of a Single Economic Space” (SES). The idea behind this agreement was initially announced by these presidents in Moscow on February 23, 2003. Highlevel groups, led by vice prime ministers, were established to negotiate the draft documents, which were signed on August 17...

Central Asia is a vast geographic region that includes five former Soviet Union republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The region has a unique infectious disease burden, and a history that includes Silk Road trade routes and networks that were part of the anti-plague and biowarfare programs in the former Soviet Union. Post-Soviet Union biosurveillance resea...

Economic and Spatial Determinants of Interregional Migration in Kazakhstan In this paper we analyze economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly panel data on region to region migration in 2008-2010. In line with traditional economic theory we find that migration is determined by economic factors, first of all income: People are more likely to leave...

BACKGROUND Over the last 10 years, the evidential practice has been developing in Kazakhstan. The clinical protocols of diagnostics and treatment were implemented in the country since 2007. We analyzed the normal birth practice in Kazakhstan. MATERIALS AND METHODS Obstetricians and midwives were subject to the questionnaire survey in four large Maternity Hospitals of Almaty. RESULTS Totally...

Received Accepted Emergence, spread, persistence and fade-out of sylvatic plague in Kazakhstan Lise Heier1, Geir O. Storvik1,2, Stephen A. Davis3, Hildegunn Viljugrein1,4, Vladimir S. Ageyev5, Evgeniya Klassovskaya6 and Nils Chr. Stenseth1,* Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway Department of M...

The genus Kassinella was established by Keller (1960: 90) for extinct Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian) corals from Kazakhstan. The name, however, is preoccupied by the senior homonym Kassinella Borissiak (1956: 50) (Brachiopoda), equally honouring N. G. Kassin, famous geologist and explorer of Kazakhstan. To resolve the homonymy, in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomencla...