Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Markin, V A
• Pantiukhov, V B
• Markov, V I
• Bondarev, V P

Titel

Argentine hemorrhagic fever

Ist Teil von

• Žurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii, 2012-03 (2), p.78

Ort / Verlag

Russia (Federation)

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Features of the Argentine hemorrhagic fever are described in the review. Epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation and pathogenesis of the disease are examined. Special consideration is given to the features of the pathological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever--the Junin virus. Features of the disease diagnostics are indicated--virological and serological studies, immunochemical and molecular-biological methods of identification of the pathological agent and antibodies against it. Approaches to etiotropic therapy of this disease and vaccination are examined. Based on the foreign experience perspective guidance for the creation of the system of protection of the population of the Russian Federation against Argentine hemorrhagic fever are presented.