[Immune response to vaccination by Grippol in female northerners from Arkhagel'sk].

The immune-system condition of virtually healthy subjects (aged 35-45) was studied before vaccination ("Grippol") and 1 week later. An intense formation of antibodies to virus hemagglutinin is associated with lymphoproliferative reaction combined with differentiation of immune-competent cells (ICC) and with a higher phagocyte activity. A lack of any changed reactions to the administered antigen is interrelated with a deficit of phagocyte protection and with an activated ICC apoptosis.

[The detection of atypical human rotaviruses and their characteristics].

The electrophoretic typing of 1,370 rotavirus strains revealed the presence of group C rotaviruses in 1.3% of cases. In the Arkhangelsk region group C rotaviruses were detected in 34.