Publications by authors named "V S Afanaseva"

Adrenal gland incidentaloma (incidental - sudden, accidental) is a mass of the adrenal gland(s), accidentally detected by an instru-mental examination conducted for other reasons. The frequency of detection of this pathology based on computer tomography of the abdominal organs is 0.5%-2%.

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Thymic cysts are a rare abnormality accounting for 1%-3% of all mediastinal masses. In most cases, they are asymptomatic and localized in the anterior mediastinum. Despite their benign nature, the presence of a mass is an indication for surgery to obtain a histological conclusion and reliably exclude an oncological process.

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The etiological structure of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections including their rate of incidence in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region during 4 epidemic seasons has been studied. Seasonality of some respiratory viruses was shown and peaks of circulation of RSV, adenovirus, parainfluenza viruses, rhinovirus, bocavirus, metapneumovirus and coronavirus were marked.

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Antigenic and genetic characteristics of Russian RSV isolates are presented for the first time. Of the 69 strains isolated in St. Petersburg, 93% belonged to the RSV-A antigenic group.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the condition of immunity (blood lymphocyte immune phenotype and ultrastructure) in healthy children with a family background of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM 1) having or not having diabetes-associated autoantibodies (DAAB). The subjects of the study were divided into three groups. Group 1 consisted of 90 children with a family background of DM 1 (first line relatives had DM 1), DAAB- (GADA, IA-2A, and IAA) positive or negative; group 2 consisted of 51 children with newly revealed DM 1; group 3 included 45 healthy controls, normoglycemic DAAB-negative children with no family background of DM 1.

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