title: [Characteristics of biological properties of the causative agent in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis exposed to prolonged low-dose radiation].
abstract: Strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from tuberculous patients exposed to low-dose radiation after the Chernobyl accident were compared to those obtained from tuberculous non-irradiated controls for L-forms incidence, L-transformation and virulence. A total of 31 cultures were examined in vivo. In response to L-transforming preparations the frequency and rate of L-forms induction in the test strains were much higher than those in the controls. The same tendency was registered for virulence.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gurevich
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Abramovskaia
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Dorozhkova
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Surkova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007740:L Forms / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011210:Power Plants; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Osobennosti biologicheskikh svoĭstv vozbuditelia u bol'nykh tuberkulezom legkikh, prozhivaiushchikh v usloviiakh dlitel'nogo vozdeĭstviia malykh doz radiatsii.