Publications by authors named "T A Tagachenkova"

Aim: Genetic and antigenic characterization of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated during meningococcal infection outbreaks from individuals in contact with patients with generalized form of meningococcal infection.

Materials And Methods: Strains obtained in 2007 - 2009 in Moscow during examination of individuals that were in contact with patients during meningococcal infection outbreaks were analyzed. Multilocus sequence typing, genetic subtyping and typing of VR fragment (FetA) techniques were used.

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Aim: Genetic characterization of 37 strains and CSF samples containing DNA of Haemophilus influenzae type b isolated in Moscow during 2007-2009.

Materials And Methods: Multilocus sequence-typing method was used and also variant of method for capsule type determination was approbated.

Results: Ten sequence types, of which 7 were described in previous studies and 3 were revealed for the first time during this work, were detected in studied sample.

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Unlabelled: Continuous surveillance for main indicators of epidemic process of meningococcal infection and etiology of bacterial meningitis. Epidemiologic surveillance was electronically-based and was performed on the basis of specially developed standardized case reporting form. Main parameters of epidemiologic surveillance included 10 indexes.

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Aim: To perform advanced antigenic characterization of meningococci belonging to serogroups A and B and circulating in Moscow according to modern nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis strains.

Materials And Methods: Method of typing of "VR" fragment of FetA protein together with methods of genetic subtyping and multilocus sequence typing was used.

Results: Detailed information about studied strains was inputed in Internet database--http://pubmlst.

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