AIM
Characteristic of West Nile fever (WNF) virus strains circulating in southern Russia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
WNF RNA was amplified directly from clinical samples, mosquitoes and bird tissues by… (More)
From July 25 to October 1, 1999, 826 patients were admitted to Volgograd Region, Russia, hospitals with acute aseptic meningoencephalitis, meningitis, or fever consistent with arboviral infection. Of… (More)
The kinetics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and its surface antigen (HBsAg) during acute hepatitis has not yet been studied accurately in a representative number of patients. The influence of coinfecting… (More)
Together with plague, smallpox and typhus, epidemics of dysentery have been a major scourge of human populations for centuries1. A previous genomic study concluded that Shigella dysenteriae type 1… (More)
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is the most prevalent zoonotic disease in Russia. It is caused by several hantavirus species hosted by small rodents. We describe spatial and temporal… (More)
BACKGROUND
Rabies is prevalent in 150 countries and is definitely found in Russian Federation. The average registered incidence of rabies infection among animals in Russia is 3000 cases per year. At… (More)
The prevalence of Kemerovo virus in ixodid ticks collected in 2008-2012 from 11 regions of the Russian Federation was investigated by real-time reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The presence of… (More)
Intensive development of DNA analysis technologies and large-scale genome-wide association studies have led to accumulation of a large array of data on the relationship between genetic factors and… (More)
AIM
Determination of origin of 2 Vibrio cholerae strains isolated on the territory of Rostov region by using full genome sequencing data.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Toxigenic strain 2011 EL- 301 V.… (More)
Recent progress in gene therapy, current status of investigations in this area of experimental medicine are reviewed. Much attention is given to gene-therapeutic approaches the efficacy of which is… (More)