Publications by authors named "A I Blokh"

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  • - * Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) affects 2-4% of people and is associated with small fiber neuropathy (SFN) but lacks a clear cause; recent studies suggest a link between IgM antibodies and SFN.
  • - * A study measured anti-TS-HDS IgM levels in 30 women with FMS and 21 healthy women, revealing significantly lower levels in those with FMS.
  • - * The findings imply a possible connection between lower anti-TS-HDS IgM levels and FMS, potentially explaining the relationship between FMS and SFN, warranting further investigation. *
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Using the example of the clinical strain of R. sibirica «Bayevo 105/87», the possibility of quantitative determination of rickettsias in clinical samples from patients with Siberian tick-borne typhus by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR-RT) was evaluated. Cultivation was carried out in the yolk sacs of developing chicken embryos, from which a piece of the yolk sac or chorion was taken.

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The Siberian Federal District is among the most affected regions with a high prevalence of HIV-infection and is characterized by high HIV-infection incidence rate and high mortality among the HIV-infected population. HIV drug resistance poses a major threat to public health and is associated with increased mortality, HIV incidence, and cost of epidemic control programs. A total of 1281 samples from HIV-infected patients were sequenced and analyzed with the DEONA and HIVdb Program to assess the prevalence of drug resistance mutations in patients in the Siberian Federal District in 2016-2018.

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Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Russia is dominated by the notorious Beijing genotype whose major variants are characterized by contrasting resistance and virulence properties. Here we studied how these strain features could impact the progression of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) concerning clinical manifestation and lethal outcome.

Results: The study sample included 548 M.

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