[Diagnostic value of enzyme immunoassay test for the detection of specific IgM antibodies to measles virus].

The diagnostic value of enzyme immunoassay systems manufactured by different companies was comparatively studied to detect specific IgM antibodies to measles virus. The assay systems were shown to have a high sensitivity. The specificity was higher in the assay systems designed on the capture principle, a type of solid-phase enzyme immunoassay.

Tick-borne encephalitis in childhood--consensus 2004.

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a communicable disease caused by a flavi-virus, ticks being the main vectors. The nervous system is affected, four clinical features of different severity are observed: meningitis, meningoencephalitis, meningoencephalomyelitis, meningoradiculoneuritis. TBE is a preventable disease, which is rapidly becoming a growing public health problem in Europe.

[Evaluation of the diagnostic efficacy of a test system for detecting hepatitis virus C RNA by polymerase chain reaction "AmpliSens(TM) HCV-240/BKO-440)"].

The test system developed at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for identification of hepatitis C virus RNA was studied. The sensitivity of the test system which the rate of similar results was 100% with its 5-fold reproduction was evaluated. That was 5 x 103 genomic equivalents (or international units) per ml of a sample.

[The comparative study of the safety of a vaccinal process in both oral and epicutaneous immunization against smallpox].

Results of comparative studies of tableted and epicutaneous live smallpox vaccines are presented. In experiments on rabbits by using histological, immunofluorescent, immunological and virological methods, higher safety and efficiency of the tableted vaccine than that of traditional smallpox epicutaneous vaccine were determined. The natural and physiological character of oral immunization was shown.