TO HANTAVIRUS INFECTION IN PEOPLE AND SMALL MAMMALS IN BAIKAL AREA

• Main Authors: T. V. Tunik, E. V. Arbatskaya, A. V. Lyapunov, M. A. Khasnatinov, I. V. Petrova, E. L. Manzarova, L. N. Yashina, G. A. Danchinova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Scientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems 2014-04-01
• Series: Acta Biomedica Scientifica
• Subjects: hantaviruses; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs); antigen and antibodies to hantavirus (igm and igg)
• Online Access: https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/1742

The article describes the results of recognaissance surveys of blood serums of humans in Baikal area for hantavirus antibodies and of tissue specimens (lungs) of small mammal for hantavirus antigens. This investigation demonstrated that Baikal area inhabitants contact such dangerous pathogens as hantaviruses. It's proved by the presence of hantavirus antibodies in human serum samples. IgG or IgM antibodies to hantaviruses were found in 3,7 % of 379 tested serum samples. IgM were found in 1,6 % of cases, IgG - in 2,1 % of cases. 2 patients with IgG and IgM with suspected traces of hantavirus infection had complaints to hyperthermia (up to 40,5 °C) and wasting. Blood serums with positive results of hantavirus antibodies were found in residents of Irkutsk region. Hantavirus antigens weren't found in researched lung samples of mouse-like rodent and insectivores from Angarsk, Irkutsk, Zalari and Ust-Kut districts of Irkutsk region and Tunkinsky district of Republic of Buryatia.