[Clinical and laboratory presentation of the influenza A (H1N1pdm 2009) in children and adults during the period of 2009-2013 in St. Petersburg].

Comparative analysis of the clinical laboratory data from 419 children and 468 adults hospitalized during the pandemic of A (H1N1pdm 2009) and pre- and post-pandemic periods (2010-2013) showed that the clinical presentation of the pandemic influenza in patients of all ages is generally typical for influenza, and its character is determined by the degree of involvement of lungs in the process. Besides, the incidence of pneumonia in adults is statistically significantly higher than in children. During all compared periods hyperthermia (≥ 39 degrees C), hemorrhagic and dyspeptic syndrome were observed.

[The application of synthetic peptides to characterize the site-directed antiviral humoral immune response in patients with respiratory syncytial viral infection].

The article deals with the study of characteristics of epitope-specific humoral immune response to respiratory syncytial viral infection depending on nature of disease and patients' age. The couple serums from 226 children and adults with respiratory syncytial viral infection were analyzed. To detect in enzyme immunoassay the epitope-specific IgG the synthetic peptides were applied imitating the structure of functionally depended epitopes of F-protein of respiratory syncytial virus with amino acid sequences 221-232 (F = SP12), 479-491 (F-SP13) and G-protein with amino acid sequences 152-164 (G-H13), 184-198 (G-T15).

Interferon status in children during acute respiratory infections. Therapy with interferon.

We studied interferon status in children during acute respiratory infections and found that it depends on etiology, course of the disease, and individual features of the organism. The efficiency of IFN inductor anaferon (pediatric formulation) and the possibility of its application in the therapy of children with acute respiratory infections were demonstrated.

[Development of immunoenzyme assay for subtype-specific detection of antibodies to influenza viruses A (H1N1) and A (H3N2)].

Conditions were developed for obtaining surface viral glycoprotein (GP) fraction intended for solid phase sensitization with the aim of constructing enzyme immunoassay test systems (EIATS) for detection of subtypical IgG and IgG to influenza A (H1N1) and A (H3N2) viruses. New variants of test systems were compared with the traditional methods for serological diagnosis of influenza. GP-based EIATS more often diagnosed influenza than EIATS based on purified whole-virion (WV) suspensions, hemagglutination inhibition and neutralization tests.

[Isolation and characteristics of anti-adenovirus monoclonal antibodies in immunoenzyme and immunofluorescent reactions].

New monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to adenovirus hexon, highly active in ELISA and immunofluorescent analysis, were prepared. According to competitive ELISA, new MAbs differed in their blocking activity and were directed to 2 different hexon epitopes. MAb 3H8 did not modify antigen binding of the rest MAbs labeled with peroxidase (PAb x Pox), and none of unlabeled MAbs suppressed the reaction of MAb x Pox 3H8.