[The clinico-laboratory dynamics in the reaferon treatment of glomerulonephritis patients with the nephrotic syndrome]. / Kliniko-laboratornaia dinamika pri lechenii reaferonom bol'nykh glomerulonefritom s nefroticheskim sindromom.

Overall 40 chronic glomerulonephritis patients with nephrotic syndrome were treated by reaferon. All the patients underwent clinical and laboratory examinations and nephric biopsy. As a result of the treatment, all the patients demonstrated an increase of the level of glomerular filtration, stabilization of protein and lipid metabolism along with the lowering of diurnal proteinuria. Reaferon exerted a beneficial effect on cellular factors of immunity. In some cases, the use of reaferon can be a definite alternative of the conventional treatment methods.

[The clinico-epidemiological characteristics of the course of a mixed epidemic of influenza and respiratory syncytial infection in Novoshakhtinsk in the summer of 1986]. / Kliniko-épidemiologicheskie osobennosti techeniia smeshannoi épidemii grippa i respiratorno-sintsitial'noi infektsii v Novoshakhtinske letom l986 g.

In the summer of 1986 the epidemic, whose etiological agents were influenza viruses A (H1N1) and respiratory syncytial virus, was registered among the population of Novoshakhtinsk. In a number of mines 15.3-16.7% of the employees were affected. Influenza viruses A (H1N1) proved to be closely related in their antigenic and biological properties to viruses isolated in the USSR in March-June 1986, as well as to viruses A (H1N1), the etiological agents of the epidemic which developed in the USSR in October-December 1986.

[Use of the indirect hemagglutination reaction for the express diagnosis of influenza outbreaks]. / Primenenie reaktsii nepriamoi gemagglutinatsii dlia ékspress-diagnostiki vspyshek grippa.

A new method for express diagnosis of influenza is described. The method is based on agglutination of antibody-sensitized erythrocytes in the presence of virus contained in nasal washings. Fourteen outbreaks in institutions and 113 patients in appartment foci were examined. The sensitivity and specificity of the proposed test was found to be equal to those of the serological and immunofluorescent methods but to be more advantageous than the latter in the simplicity of its performance and demonstrative results.

Serodiagnosis of influenza by indirect haemagglutination test.

Results of studies on serodiagnosis of influenza A and B by the indirect haemagglutination test (IHA) with lyophilized erythrocyte diagnostic preparations, highly stable upon storage, are presented. The diagnostic value of the IHA test was in good agreement with, that of virus neutralization tests.