Publications by authors named "Kutumbetov L"

Introduction: The rapid spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 among the population of many countries around the world has contributed to the emergence of many genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2. Compared to previous coronavirus variants, the new Omicron variants have shown a noticeable degree of mutation. Virus inactivation is one of the most important steps in the development of inactivated vaccines.

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Introduction: Specific prevention of a number of infectious diseases has been introduced into the vaccination schedule. The production of immunoprophylactic drugs, in order to establish standard properties, including safety and specific effectiveness, requires strict adherence to manufacturing regulations, and the reliability of the results obtained requires monitoring of these parameters. The specific effectiveness of vaccine preparations is standardized according to the indicators of stimulation of specific antibody response formed in the body of vaccinated model biological objects.

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The emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to significant interest in its potential transmission between animals and humans, especially pets. This review article summarises the literature on coronavirus infections in domestic animals, emphasising epidemiology, transmission dynamics, clinical manifestations, and public health implications. This article highlights current understandings of the relationship between infections in companion animals and humans, identifies research gaps, and suggests directions for future research.

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Introduction: At the beginning of December 2019, humanity has faced a new problem caused by coronavirus. In Hubei province of central China, epidemic events associated with severe primary viral pneumonia in humans began to develop. The isolated etiological agent was identified as a representative of family.

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Creating an effective and safe vaccine is critical to fighting the coronavirus infection successfully. Several types of COVID-19 vaccines exist, including inactivated, live attenuated, recombinant, synthetic peptide, virus-like particle-based, DNA and mRNA-based, and sub-unit vaccines containing purified immunogenic viral proteins. However, the scale and speed at which COVID-19 is spreading demonstrate a global public demand for an effective prophylaxis that must be supplied more.

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This article describes the results of sequencing and analysis of the entire genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus sampled in Kazakhstan in 2021. The whole-genome sequence of the strain was 29,751 bp. According to the results of phylogenetic analysis (according to the Pangolin COVID-19 database), the SARS-CoV-2/human/KAZ/B1.

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This research describes the genome sequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) obtained from a patient with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who was infected in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Strain SARS-CoV-2/human/KAZ/Britain/2021 consists of 29,815 nucleotides and belongs to lineage B.1.

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This article describes the results of a preclinical safety and immunogenicity study of QazCovid-in®, the first COVID-19 vaccine developed in Kazakhstan, on BALB/c mice, rats, ferrets, Syrian hamsters and rhesus macaques (). The study's safety data suggests that this immunobiological preparation can be technically considered a Class 5 nontoxic vaccine. The series of injections that were made did not produce any adverse effect or any change in the general condition of the model animals' health, while macroscopy and histology studies identified no changes in the internal organs of the BALB/c mice and rats.

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Background: Vaccination remains the primary measure to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, further necessitating the use of effective licensed vaccines.

Methods: From Dec 25, 2020, to July 11, 2021, we conducted a multicenter, randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 efficacy trial of the QazCovid-in® vaccine with a 180-day follow-up period in three clinical centres in Kazakhstan. A total of 3000 eligible participants aged 18 years or older were randomly assigned (4:1) to receive two doses of the vaccine (5 μg each, 21 days apart) or placebo administered intramuscularly.

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In March 2020, the first cases of the human coronavirus disease COVID-19 were registered in Kazakhstan. We isolated the SARS-CoV-2 virus from clinical materials from some of these patients. Subsequently, a whole virion inactivated candidate vaccine, QazCovid-in, was developed based on this virus.

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Background: A new inactivated whole-virion QazCovid-in® vaccine against COVID-19 was developed from SARS-CoV-2 isolated in Kazakhstan, inactivated by formaldehyde, and adjuvanted with aluminium hydroxide. Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials aimed at assessing the vaccine's safety, immunogenicity, and the duration of immunity induced by the QazCovid-in® vaccine after one or two immunisations.

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Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an emerging disease of cattle in Kazakhstan and the means of transmission remains uncertain. In the current study, retention of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) by three Stomoxys species following intrathoracic inoculation was demonstrated under laboratory conditions. A virulent LSDV strain was injected into the thorax of flies to bypass the midgut barrier.

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This study describes the registration of the first cases of lumpy skin disease in July 2016 in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the rural district of Makash, Kurmangazinsky district of Atyrau region, 459 cattle fell ill and 34 died (morbidity 12.9% and mortality 0.

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In this comparative study, we examine the safety of the sheeppox (SPP) and goatpox (GTP) vaccines and the protective response of these vaccines in cattle against a virulent lumpy skin disease (LSD) field strain. The vaccine safety was tested in rabbits, mice and cattle using ten times recommended dose. In the safety trial, none of the vaccinated animals showed any deviation from physiological norms or fever, inappetence or local/ generalized skin reactions.

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Samples collected for PCR from recipient animals tested positive in 5 out of 6 cases, while the virus was isolated from 4 of 6 animals. The clinical signs exhibited by recipient animals were mostly moderate in nature with only one severe case. To our knowledge, this is the first time that transmission of LSDV by three species has been demonstrated, and their role as mechanical vectors of LSDV is indicated.

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A new lineage of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), called A/ASIA/G-VII, emerged from the Indian subcontinent in 2015 and continues to spread in Western Asia. Currently, the distribution of viruses belonging to this lineage is defined using sequencing approaches, but other cheaper and faster diagnostic methods are urgently needed. Thus, this study describes the development and validation of a novel A/ASIA/G-VII lineage-specific real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR).

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