Publications by authors named "Elena V Vakalova"
Article Synopsis
- The study reports the isolation of the highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N8) virus from a poultry worker in Astrakhan, Russia, during a poultry outbreak in December 2020.
- Seven poultry workers' nasopharyngeal swabs tested positive for the virus, with one sample confirmed through RT-PCR and sequencing.
- The findings raise public health concerns due to the sporadic nature of human infections with the influenza A(H5N8) virus.
Arboviruses in the Astrakhan region of Russia for 2018 season: The development of multiplex PCR assays and analysis of mosquitoes, ticks, and human blood sera.
Infect Genet Evol
March 2021
The Astrakhan region of Russia is endemic for the number of arboviruses. In this paper, we describe the results of the detection of the list of neglected arboviruses in the Astrakhan region for the 2018 season. For the purpose of the study in-house PCR assays for detection of 18 arboviruses have been developed and validated using arboviruses obtained from Russian State Collection of Viruses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhlebovirus is an abundant and rather heterogeneous genus within the Phenuiviridae family (order Bunyavirales). The genus Phlebovirus is divided into two antigenic complexes, which also correspond to the main vector: sandflies/mosquitoes and ticks. Previously, only sandfly/mosquito-borne phleboviruses were associated with human disease, such as Rift Valley fever virus, Toscana virus, Sicilian and Naples Sandfly fever viruses and others.
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