title: [Serodiagnosis and epidemiology of a California encephalitis group of infections in the Ryazan' region].
abstract: Blood sera of 221 healthy residents of 4 districts of Ryazan region were tested in the neutralization test (NT) with Tahyna and Inkoo viruses. The sum of positive responses in the region was 40.7% on an average, this indicating numerous contacts of the local population with these agents. Blood sera of 520 patients with acute seasonal (May-September) fevers and neuroinfections were tested for antibodies to Tahyna and Inkoo viruses in serologic tests (NT and MAC-ELISA-IgM-antibody capture method). Etiologic relationship of the diseases with Tahyna and Inkoo viruses was detected in 51 (9.8%) cases. The patients developed two types of specific immune response, primary or secondary. The best diagnostic result was attained in testing paired sera of patients in NT and MAC-ELISA. MAC-ELISA helped etiologically diagnose the disease after a single testing of a blood serum collected in the acute period of the disease. Inkoo infection was more incident in subjects aged 21 to 40 in May and July-August. The majority of cases of Tahyna infection were diagnosed in subjects aged under 20 in June and July. The incubation period was from 3 to 7 days, the morbidity was sporadic.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Butenko
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Demikhov
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nedialkova
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Lavrova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004670:Encephalitis, California / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D012698:Serologic Tests
vernacular_title: Serodiagnostika i épøidemiologiia infektsiĭ gruppy Kaliforniĭskogo éntsefalita v Riazanskoĭ oblasti.