Blackleg in Cattle in the Irkutsk Region.

Blackleg is an acute, toxic, infectious, non-contagious disease of domestic and wild ruminants that occurs while the animals are pastured. This article describes an outbreak of blackleg on a farm in Siberia (Russia) in 2019. We provide a detailed description of the cases based on the results of comprehensive diagnostic and epidemiological investigations.

Reindeer Anthrax in the Russian Arctic, 2016: Climatic Determinants of the Outbreak and Vaccination Effectiveness.

The Yamal Peninsula in the Russian Federation experienced a massive outbreak of anthrax in reindeer () in July-August 2016, with 2,650 (6.46% of the total susceptible population) animals infected, of which 2,350 died (case fatality rate of 88.67%).

Ecological and Socio-Economic Determinants of Livestock Animal Leptospirosis in the Russian Arctic.

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus . Regional differences in the disease manifestation and the role of ecological factors, specifically in regions with a subarctic and arctic climate, remain poorly understood. We here explored environmental and socio-economic features associated with leptospirosis cases in livestock animals in the Russian Arctic during 2000-2019.

Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Cattle in the Irkutsk Region.

Introduction: Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a rare, under-explored lethal viral infection of cattle with gammaherpesvirus aetiological agents. Most often, the disease occurs on farms where cattle and sheep are kept together. However, other trigger mechanisms and environmental factors contribute.

Environmental Risk of Leptospirosis in Animals: The Case of The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation.

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic natural focal disease caused by the pathogenic bacteria Leptospira. Its spread is related to certain ecological factors. The aim of the current research was to assess potential exposure to the infection as a function of environmental determinants in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation.

[Lymphangioma of the penis].

Lymphangioma circumscriptum (LC) is a rare, benign condition, predominantly characterized by the malformation of lymphatic skin vessels. The most common sites include the oral mucosa, tongue, skin of the extremities and torso. Lymphangioma of the penis is rare disease.

[Complex immunological examination of patients with allergic diseases].

Allergy is now acknowledged as one form of immunopathology, and the authors propose a protocol of comprehensive immunological examinations for the diagnosis of allergic diseases. This protocol includes the methods of examination and interpretation of the results, permitting the physician detect the predominant mechanism of allergic reaction (reagin, immunocomplex, or cytotoxic) determining the scientifically-based approach to selection of immune therapy.

[The assessment of the immunograms of children with allergic diseases].

Analysis of immunograms of 189 children with allergic diseases of the reagin type (55 with atopic bronchial asthma, 33 with atopic dermatitis, 101 with respiratory allergosis) helped single out a complex of immunological parameters which markedly and statistically reliably change in this type of allergy in comparison with a group of healthy children (n = 25). This complex is recommended to be used for the detection of the principal pathogenetic factor of the reagin-type allergic diseases and monitoring the therapy efficacy.

[Assessment of the informative value of neuron-specific enolase determined by the immunoenzyme method].

The diagnostic informative value of measurements of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in health, pulmonary cancer (including small-cell one), 8 different diseases, and pregnant patients with gestation periods from 5 to 33 weeks was assessed. Comparison of the results in each of these 10 groups with the results in health controls did not reveal any appreciable differences for any of the groups or between the tested groups. The authors consider that NSE measurements cannot be recommended for use at other than cancer institutions.

[Quantitative evaluation of the T- and B-systems of immunity in various hereditary diseases of the nervous system].

In 37 patients with some hereditary diseases of the nervous system (deforming muscular dystonia, hepatocerebral dystrophy, essential tremor, etc.), as well as in 22 healthy subjects (donors), the percentage and the absolute content of the T- and B-lymphocytes in the blood were determined. Use was made of the reactions of spontaneous, active, and complementary rosette formation and determination of the B-cells from superficial immunoglobulins.