[Isolation of the West Nile Fever virus from human patients during an epidemic outbreak in the Volgograd and Astrakhan regions]

Autor: D K, L'vov, A M, Butenko, O I, Vyshemirskiĭ, S Ia, Gaĭdamovich, V L, Gromashevskiĭ, V F, Larichev, T N, Morozova, T M, Skvortsova, N V, Khutoretskaia, E O, Shishkina, A B, Iashkov, A E, Platonov, G A, Shipulin, O I, Shipulina, A N, Zhukov, V V, Lazorenko, N V, Rusakova, A A, Azarian, A P, Grishanova, A I, Kovtunov, Kh M, Galimzianov
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Voprosy virusologii. 45(3)
ISSN: 0507-4088
Popis: Two strains of West Nile virus LEIV 27889 Vig and Ast 986 were isolated from the brain of a dead subject and from the blood of a patient, respectively, during an outbreak of serous meningitis and meningoencephalitis in July-September, 1999, in the Volgograd region, Krasnodar territory, and Astrakhan region. These strains reacted with convalescent sera in hemagglutination inhibition test, which proves their etiological role in this outbreak.
Databáze: OpenAIRE