title: [False-positive reactions in laboratory diagnosis of Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola viral hemorrhagic fevers and AIDS].
abstract: Sera of normal subjects and AIDS patients living in Minsk and Odessa were tested for antibodies to hazardous viral infections Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola. Four to 16% of examinees were seropositive to Ebola virus, 0.8 to 2.3% to Lassa, and up to 0.8% to Marburg virus. Common B-epitopes were found in viruses belonging to different families: Lassa, Ebola, and HIV. Antibodies specific to these viruses antigens were found in the reference sera to influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus. Sera of convalescents after malaria and of AIDS patients contained antibodies to Lassa virus.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Vladyko
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Zaĭtseva
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Trofimov
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Shkolina
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Scheslenok
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Boshchenko
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Petkevich
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012015:Reference Standards; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000592:standards*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins