[False-positive reactions in laboratory diagnosis of Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola viral hemorrhagic fevers and AIDS]

Autor: A S, Vladyko, V N, Zaĭtseva, N M, Trofimov, T V, Shkolina, E P, Scheslenok, Iu A, Boshchenko, A S, Petkevich
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Voprosy virusologii. 42(2)
ISSN: 0507-4088
Popis: Sera of normal subjects and AIDS patients living in Minsk and Odessa were tested for antibodies to hazardous viral infections Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola. Four to 16% of examinees were seropositive to Ebola virus, 0.8 to 2.3% to Lassa, and up to 0.8% to Marburg virus. Common B-epitopes were found in viruses belonging to different families: Lassa, Ebola, and HIV. Antibodies specific to these viruses antigens were found in the reference sera to influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus. Sera of convalescents after malaria and of AIDS patients contained antibodies to Lassa virus.
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