The Zoonotic Disease Research Center of the Capital City has reported on the surveillance and research activities it carried out in 2024–2025 in accordance with its scheduled annual plan, focusing on natural focal and zoonotic infectious diseases.

As part of this effort, tick-borne disease surveillance and research were conducted last year in Batsumber soum of Tuv Province and in the territory of Songinokhairkhan District in the capital city. During the study, researchers newly identified a natural focus of Ixodes persulcatus, the tick species that transmits tick-borne encephalitis, in the Songinokhairkhan area. This discovery has made it possible to implement preventive measures in advance, before any potential outbreak of tick-borne infections occurs.

In addition, the center promptly responded to a confirmed human case of anthrax, which is a highly dangerous infectious disease, reported in Mungunmorit soum of Tuv Province. By providing urgent laboratory support and services, health authorities were able to swiftly contain and neutralize the outbreak at its source.

Despite the center’s main building no longer meeting operational requirements, efforts are underway to strengthen laboratory capacity. The center has submitted an application to have its network laboratory accredited under the MNS ISO 15189:2024 standard, which governs quality and competence requirements for medical laboratories.

The center emphasized that continued investment in laboratory infrastructure and disease surveillance is essential to protecting public health and preventing the spread of zoonotic infections in both urban and rural areas.