[Interferon inductors in treatment of associative forms of tick-borne infection in children].

Thirty three children with associative forms of thick-borne infection (thick-borne encephalitis with ixodic borreliosis) were clinically observed. The disease was characterized by subfebrile temperature, moderate intoxication, rare erythema (39.5%) and frequent cardiovascular disorders with development of Lyme carditis (32.

[Use of immunoenzyme analysis for determining the persistence and biodegradation of antigens in the cell wall of group A streptococci in patients with rheumatism].

A sandwich ELISA system was used for the study of the identification of antigenic group A polysaccharide determinants by antibodies in a suspension of streptococcus cells with varying degrees of lysis. Antibodies were able to identify less than 0.01% of antigenic A polysaccharides determinants in intact streptococcal cells.