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Bondarenko EI, Filimonova ES, Krasnova EI, Krinitsina EV, Tkachev SE. Cases of Q fever detected in residents of the novosibirsk region hospitalized with suspection of infections transmitted by ticks. Klin Lab Diagn 2021; 66:229-236. [PMID: 33878245 DOI: 10.51620/0869-2084-2021-66-4-229-236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever (coxiellosis), which, in addition to acute manifestations, often occurs in a latent form, is prone to chronic course and, in the absence of antibiotic therapy, has a high risk of disability or death. As a result of the presence of a wide range of clinical manifestations specific to other infectious diseases, the use of laboratory test methods (LTM) is required to make a diagnosis. The presence of Q fever anthropurgic foci in the Novosibirsk region was described in the 90s of the last century, but due attention to its laboratory diagnostics is not paid in this region. The aim of the study was to identify genetic and serological markers of the causative agent, C. burnetii, in patients of the Novosibirsk region who were admitted for treatment with fever with suspected tick-borne infections (TBIs). DNA marker of the causative agent of Q fever was detected in blood samples by real time PCR in 9 out of 325 patients. In three patients, the presence of C. burnetii DNA was confirmed by sequencing of the IS1111 and htpB gene fragments. In ELISA tests, antibodies against the causative agent of coxiellosis were detected in the blood sera of 4 patients with positive results of PCR analysis. Contact with tick was registered in 7 out of 9 patients who had C. burnetii DNA and lacked markers of other TBIs. Six people were infected in the Novosibirsk region, two suffered from tick's bite in Altai, and one case was from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Thus, a complex approach using both PCR analysis and ELISA provided the identification of markers of the Q fever causative agent in patients admitted with suspected TBIs, thereby differentiating it from other infections. Contact with ticks in most cases suggests that infection with C. burnetii had a transmissible pathway.
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- Novosibirsk State Medical University of MH of the Russian Federation.,City Infectious Clinical Hospital No.1
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- Novosibirsk State Medical University of MH of the Russian Federation.,City Infectious Clinical Hospital No.1
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS.,Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology of Kazan Federal University
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Tkachev SE, Babkin IV, Chicherina GS, Kozlova IV, Verkhozina MM, Demina TV, Lisak OV, Doroshchenko EK, Dzhioev YP, Suntsova OV, Belokopytova PS, Tikunov AY, Savinova YS, Paramonov AI, Glupov VV, Zlobin VI, Tikunova NV. Genetic diversity and geographical distribution of the Siberian subtype of the tick-borne encephalitis virus. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 11:101327. [PMID: 31767494 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), a member of the Flaviviridae family, is currently subdivided into three main subtypes-the European (TBEV-Eu), the Far-Eastern (TBEV-FE), and the Siberian (TBEV-Sib). The TBEV-Sib is the most common subtype and found in all regions where TBEV was detected, except for Central and Western Europe. Currently, four genetic lineages have been described within TBEV-Sib. In this study, detailed analysis of TBEV-Sib genetic diversity, geographic distribution, phylogeography and divergence time of different TBEV-Sib genetic lineages based on E gene fragments, complete genome sequences, and all currently available data in the GenBank database was performed. As a result, a novel Bosnia lineage within the TBEV-Sib was identified. It was demonstrated that the Zausaev lineage is the most widely distributed among the TBEV-Sib lineages, and was detected in all studied regions except the Far East. The Vasilchenko lineage was found from Western Siberia to the Far East. The Baltic lineage is presented from Europe to Western Siberia. The Obskaya lineage was found only in Western Siberia. TBEV strains from a newly described Bosnia lineage were detected in Bosnia, the Crimean peninsula, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The greatest divergence of the TBEV-Sib genetic variants was observed in Western Siberia. Within the TBEV-Sib, the Obskaya lineage diverged from the common ancestor the earliest, after that the Bosnia lineage was separated, then the Baltic lineage, and the Zausaev and Vasilchenko lineages diverged most recently.
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- S E Tkachev
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentyev's pr., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentyev's pr., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Frunze str., 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Irkutsk Region, Trilisser Str., 51, Irkutsk, 664047, Russia
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- Irkutsk State Agrarian University by A.A. Ezhevsky, Molodezhny Settlement, Irkutsk District, Irkutsk, 664038, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Technology of Irkutsk State Medical University, Krasnogo Vosstaniya Str., 1/3, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentyev's pr., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentyev's pr., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Timiryazev Str., 16, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Frunze str., 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Technology of Irkutsk State Medical University, Krasnogo Vosstaniya Str., 1/3, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of the SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentyev's pr., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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Demina TV, Kozlova IV, Tkachev SE, Doroshchenko EK, Lisak OV, Savinova YS, Suntsova OV, Verkhozina MM, Dzhioev YP, Paramonov AI, Kiselev DO, Zlobin VI. DEFINITION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF SIBERIAN STRAINS OF TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS OF THE EUROPEAN SUBTYPE. Vopr Virusol 2018; 63:29-36. [PMID: 36494994 DOI: 10.18821/0507-4088-2018-63-1-29-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is classified into three subtypes: Far Eastern (TBEV-FE), European (TBEV-EU) and Siberian (TBEV-SIB). In Russia, these are also called genotypes 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Geographically, TBEV-EU dominates in Central and Northern Europe, but its representatives are also found to the east - along the southern part of the forest zone of extratropical Eurasia - up to Eastern Siberia and South Korea. However, the strains isolated outside Europe remain poorly investigated. In the proposed study, eight full genomes of the Siberian isolates of TBEV-EU were determined and 13 complete genomes were compared. The analysis of 152 full-genome TBEV sequences showed that the TBEV-EU has a higher degree of stability of the genome-coding region in the entire Eurasian area (3.1% of differences) compared to TBEV-FE (6.6%) and TBEV-SIB (7.8%). At the same time, the maximum differences are observed not between European and Siberian strains, as one could expect, but between the representatives from Europe - TBEV strains Mandl-2009 from Norway and Hypr from the Czech Republic. The studied strains from Siberia form the compact genetic cluster of 42 TBEV-EU strains and are divided into two subclusters - West Siberian and East Siberian variants. These variants differ in the combinations of amino acid substitutions in all proteins except NS2B. The West Siberian variant mostly circulates in the territory of Altai, and the closest relative of its representatives is Absettarov strain from the European part of Russia. The strains similar to the East Siberian variant of the European subtype were recorded in the Altai (strain 84.2, 2007) and in Belarus (N256, about 1940).
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- T V Demina
- Irkutsk State Agrarian University named after A.A. Ezhevsky
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- Science Center of Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction.,Irkutsk State Medical University
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine
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- Science Center of Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction
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- Science Center of Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction
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- Science Center of Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction
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- Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Irkutsk region
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- Science Center of Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction
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Deviatkin AA, Lukashev AN, Poleshchuk EM, Dedkov VG, Tkachev SE, Sidorov GN, Karganova GG, Galkina IV, Shchelkanov MY, Shipulin GA. The phylodynamics of the rabies virus in the Russian Federation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171855. [PMID: 28225771 PMCID: PMC5321407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Near complete rabies virus N gene sequences (1,110 nt) were determined for 82 isolates obtained from different regions of Russia between 2008 and 2016. These sequences were analyzed together with 108 representative GenBank sequences from 1977-2016 using the Bayesian coalescent approach. The timing of the major evolutionary events was estimated. Most of the isolates represented the steppe rabies virus group C, which was found over a vast geographic region from Central Russia to Mongolia and split into three groups (C0-C2) with discrete geographic prevalence. A single strain of the steppe rabies virus lineage was isolated in the far eastern part of Russia (Primorsky Krai), likely as a result of a recent anthropogenic introduction. For the first time the polar rabies virus group A2, previously reported in Alaska, was described in the northern part of European Russia and at the Franz Josef Land. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that all currently circulating rabies virus groups in the Russian Federation were introduced within the few last centuries, with most of the groups spreading in the 20th century. The dating of evolutionary events was highly concordant with the historical epidemiological data.
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- Andrei A. Deviatkin
- Federal Budget Institute of Science Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Federal Budget Institute Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Federal Budget Institute Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Budget Institute of Science Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICBFM SB RAS), Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Natural Foci Infections, Omsk, Russian Federation
- Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russian Federation
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- Federal Budget Institute Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- Federal Budget Institute of Science Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Dzhioev YP, Paramonov A, Reva ON, Bukin YS, Kozlova IV, Demina TV, Tkachev SE, Zlobin VI. [Detection of potential sites of recombination in the Tick-borne encephalitis virus by the methods of comparative genomics]. Vopr Virusol 2015; 60:44-49. [PMID: 26281307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The results of the bioinformatic search for the potential sites of the recombination in the genome-wide structures of the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) through a series of software techniques were presented in this work. The genomes of the 55 TBEV strains were assayed, 21 of them showed the presence of the recombination sites. Recombinant strains belonged to the Far Eastern (19 strains) and European (2 strains) genotypes. 22 sites of the recombination attributed were identified to five types based on position, strain, and regional characteristics. The parental strains were identified based on the genotypic and geographical parameters, which do not contradict the possibility of the formation of the recombinants. Nearly two-thirds of the sites are located in the regions of NS4a and NS4b genes, which are the "hot spots" of the recombination, most of them being concentrated in the gene NS4. It was shown that the recombination processes did not occur at the level of the genotypes (European genotype) or certain groups within the genotype (Far East) and were typical of the peripheral populations.
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Romashchenko AV, Ratushnyak AS, Zapara TA, Tkachev SE, Moshkin MP. The correlation between tick (Ixodes persulcatus Sch.) questing behaviour and synganglion neuronal responses to odours. J Insect Physiol 2012; 58:903-910. [PMID: 22497860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We examined the behavioural and electrophysiological responses of taiga ticks (Ixodes persulcatus) to several olfactory stimuli: Osmopherone® (5-a-androst-16-en-3-ol), Osmopherine® (butanoic and 3-methylbutanoic acids), DEET® (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), ethanol (96%), and water (control stimulus). To study individual tick behavioural reactions to these stimuli, we used a Y-shaped glass maze (n=50). To study the electrophysiological reactions of the ticks' synganglia to these olfactory stimuli, we recorded the shifts of total potential (TP) of pre-oesophageal neurons in response to odour stimulation of Haller's organ (n=25). We found that Osmopherine® attracted ticks and frequently evoked negative shifts of TP, whereas the response to Osmopherone® did not differ from the reaction to water. DEET® and ethanol acted as tick repellents and generally evoked positive shifts of TP. We also tested each tick for its questing height (QH) on a glass rod that was at an incline of 75°, and we tested for the presence of pathogens i.e., DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi sp. s.l. and RNA of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). The degree of response to Osmopherine® positively correlated with the QH. The ticks with the highest values of QH showed a greater prevalence of the tick-borne pathogen Borrelia sp. s.l. compared with the ticks that did not reach the maximum QH. The present results show a correlation between the electrophysiological reaction of the synganglia of ticks and their behavioural responses to different odours.
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- A V Romashchenko
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAN, Novosibirsk, Academic Lavrent'ev Avenue, 10, Russia.
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Demina TV, Dzhioev IP, Kozlova IV, Verkhozina MM, Tkachev SE, Doroshchenko EK, Lisak OV, Paramonov AI, Zlobin VI. [Genotypes 4 and 5 of the tick-borne encephalitis virus: features of the genome structure and possible scenario for its formation]. Vopr Virusol 2012; 57:13-19. [PMID: 23012978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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On the basis of the comparison of complete genome structures of 32 strains and gene E fragments (160 ndt) of 643 strains and RNA isolates of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus, we confirmed our previously expressed assumption (Zlobin V.I. et al, 2001) of existence, along with the three major genotypes, of genotypes 4 (strain 178-79) and 5 (strain 886-84). "Mosaic" structure of the polyprotein in the two strains was established. It manifests itself in particular in the sequences of 14 positions (C-3, E-206, NS1-54, NS-285, NS2A-100, NS2A-127, NS2A-174, NS2A-175, NS2A-225, NS3-376, NS4B-28, NS4B-96, NS5-18, NS5-671) containing the amino acids strictly conserved for each of the three major genotypes and is consistent with a uniform pattern of distribution of nucleotide substitutions that are specific for genotypes 1, 2 and 3. Possible scenario of the origin of TBE genotypes 4 and 5 was suggested.
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Dzhioev YP, Paramonov AI, Demina TV, Kozlova IV, Verkhozina MM, Tkachev SE, Pristavka AA, Salovarova VP, Zlobin VI. [Detection of recombinations in tick-borne encephalitis virus by using computer analysis of viral genomes]. Vopr Virusol 2011; 56:14-18. [PMID: 21545034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Computer programs were used to search for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus recombinants among the isolates whose complete nucleotide sequences are deposited in the GenBank database. The application of RDP, Chimaera, Maximum chi2, and TOPAL programs has revealed recombinant sites in a number of sequences, which indicates that TBE virus has recombinations and that the programs are suitable for their detection.
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Omsk haemorrhagic fever is an acute viral disease prevalent in some regions of western Siberia in Russia. The symptoms of this disease include fever, headache, nausea, severe muscle pain, cough, and moderately severe haemorrhagic manifestations. A third of patients develop pneumonia, nephrosis, meningitis, or a combination of these complications. The only treatments available are for control of symptoms. No specific vaccine has been developed, although the vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis might provide a degree of protection against Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus. The virus is transmitted mainly by Dermacentor reticulatus ticks, but people are mainly infected after contact with infected muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus). Muskrats are very sensitive to Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus. The introduction of this species to Siberia in the 1930s probably led to viral emergence in this area, which had previously seemed free from the disease. Omsk haemorrhagic fever is, therefore, an example of a human disease that emerged owing to human-mediated disturbance of an ecological niche. We review the biological properties of the virus, and the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Omsk haemorrhagic fever.
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- Daniel Růžek
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Moshkin MP, Novikov EA, Tkachev SE, Vlasov VV. Epidemiology of a tick-borne viral infection: theoretical insights and practical implications for public health. Bioessays 2009; 31:620-8. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Demina TV, Dzhioev IP, Verkhozina MM, Kozlova IV, Tkachev SE, Dorozhchenko EK, Lisak OV, Zlobin VI. [The genetic variability and genotyping of tick-borne encephalitis virus with deoxyoligonucleotide probes]. Vopr Virusol 2009; 54:33-42. [PMID: 19537095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A panel of genotype-specific molecular probes has been designed, which is used to indicate and differentiate tickborne encephalitis (TBE) virus. It assesses the individual genetic structure of each strain since the targets for the probes are the variable sequences of all 10 virus genes, which are specific for each of three genotypes. The molecular nucleic acid hybridization by means of the panel was used to study 273 TBE virus strains. Isolated from a Eurasian area; along with the representatives of three genotypes, the virus strains, the genomic structures of which do not fit in the established concept on three genotypes, circulate in Eastern Siberia.
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Rar VA, Livanova NN, Panov VV, Kozlova IV, Pukhovskaya NM, Vysochina NP, Tkachev SE, Ivanov LI. Prevalence of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Ixodes persulcatus ticks and small mammals from different regions of the Asian part of Russia. Int J Med Microbiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Naumenko VS, Tkachev SE, Kulikov AV, Semenova TP, Amerhanov ZG, Smirnova NP, Popova NK. The brain 5-HT1Areceptor gene expression in hibernation. Genes Brain Behav 2008; 7:300-5. [PMID: 17711450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2007.00352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hibernation is a unique physiological state characterized by profound reversible sleep-like state, depression in body temperature and metabolism. The serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A) (5-HT(1A)) receptor gene sequence in typical seasonal hibernator, ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus), was specified. It was found that the fragment encoding the fifth transmembrane domain showed 93.6% of homology with the analogous fragment of the mouse and rat genes and displayed 88.5% homology with the human 5-HT(1A) receptor gene. Using primers designed on the basis of obtained sequence, the expression of 5-HT(1A) receptor gene in the brain regions in active, entering into hibernation, hibernating and coming out of hibernation ground squirrels was investigated. Significant structure-specific changes were revealed in the 5-HT(1A) messenger RNA (mRNA) level in entry into hibernation and in arousal. An increase in the 5-HT(1A) gene expression was found in the hippocampus during the prehibernation period and in ground squirrels coming out of hibernation, thus confirming the idea of the hippocampus trigger role in the hibernation. Significant decrease in 5-HT(1A) receptor mRNA level in the midbrain was found in animals coming out of hibernation. There was no considerable changes in 5-HT(1A) receptor mRNA level in different stages of sleep-wake cycle in the frontal cortex. Despite drastically decreased body temperature in hibernating animals (about 37 degrees C in active and 4-5 degrees C in hibernation), 5-HT(1A) receptor mRNA level in all examined brain regions remained relatively high, suggesting the essential role of this 5-HT receptor subtype in the regulation of hibernation and associated hypothermia.
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- V S Naumenko
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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Bakhvalova VN, Dobrotvorsky AK, Panov VV, Matveeva VA, Tkachev SE, Morozova OV. Natural tick-borne encephalitis virus infection among wild small mammals in the southeastern part of western Siberia, Russia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2007; 6:32-41. [PMID: 16584325 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Infestation of small mammals, including common shrews Sorex araneus L., field mice Apodemus agrarius Pallas, and red voles Clethrionomus rutilus Schreber, with immature Ixodes persulcatus ticks and their infection with tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV) were studied in the forest-steppe habitat in the vicinity of Novosibirsk, Russia. Larval ticks parasitize all three host species, but virtually all nymphs were found only on field mice and red voles. Detection of the viral RNA using reverse transcription (RT) with subsequent nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) and of viral antigen using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed a high prevalence of TBEV-positive animals in both the summer and winter. The proportion of small mammals with hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies was significantly lower than with ELISA-detected antibodies. Taken together, the data suggest that small mammals may maintain TBEV as a persistent infection throughout the year.
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- Valentina N Bakhvalova
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Morozova OV, Tkachev SE, Chudinov AP. [Detection of RNA in vaccine " EnceVir" against tick-borne encephalitis virus]. Vopr Virusol 2006; 51:42-6. [PMID: 16826756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Fractionation of RNA isolated from the inactivated purified concentrated vaccine "EnceVir" ("Virion", Tomsk, Russia) allowed the authors to reveal predominantly double-stranded RNA and trace quantities of single-stranded RNA sizing mainly less than 200 n. The fragments of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) were detected among the total RNA by the reverse transcription test, followed by nested polymerase chain reaction with the primers specific to the E gene of TBEV. The findings may suggest that immunity may be induced through activation of Th1 and Th2 after immunization with such an inactivated vaccine for effective elimination of intracellular infection and intracellular virions, respectively.
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Morozova OV, Dobrotvorsky AK, Livanova NN, Tkachev SE, Bakhvalova VN, Beklemishev AB, Cabello FC. PCR detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Western Siberia, Russia. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3802-4. [PMID: 12354885 PMCID: PMC130855 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.10.3802-3804.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2002] [Revised: 06/09/2002] [Accepted: 07/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PCR assays were used to test adult Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Western Siberia, Russia, for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent. Of the 150 ticks that were studied, 38% were infected with B. burgdorferi, 46% were infected with TBEV, and 8% were infected with the HGE agent. These three pathogens were distributed in the ticks independently of one another.
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- Olga V Morozova
- Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Tkachev SE, Sigitova EV, Mitrofanova EE, Durymanov AG, Shestopalov AM. [Newly isolated mink parvovirus strain]. Vopr Virusol 2002; 47:35-9. [PMID: 12046466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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A new mink enteritis virus (MEV) strain, called Cherepanovo, was isolated in the Novosibirsk region (West Siberia). The level of this strain's accumulation in cell culture is lower than that of commercial MEV strains Rodniki or Beregovoi. Identification of Cherepanovo strain by hemagglutination inhibition test, protein electrophoresis in denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and PCR showed its similarity to the previously described MEV strains. Comparative analysis of this strain's 5' and 3' nucleotide sequences of VP2 gene showed its more than 98% homology with other feline parvoviruses. Nucleotide residues 2920, 2971, and 4245 in the Cherepanovo strain VP2 gene differed from those of all previously described MEV strains. It is noteworthy that transition at the position 4245 led to Phe-->Cys replacement in amino acid residue.
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Bakhvalova VN, Rar VA, Tkachev SE, Dobrikova EI, Morozova OV. [Genetic analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus strains from West Siberia]. Vopr Virusol 2000; 45:11-3. [PMID: 11107646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus strains were isolated in West Siberia in the forest-steppe region near the Ob river in 1981-1992. Hybridization of genome RNA of 46 TBE strains with [32P]cDNA of TBE Sofyin strain revealed essential differences in the genomes of West-Siberian and Far-Eastern Sofyin strains of TBE virus. Nucleotide sequences of 6 TBE strains (1348-1503 n.) have been determined. A 89-98% homology of Siberian TBE strains has been shown, while the similarity of the respective fragment of E gene for West Siberian and Sofyin strains was no more than 81%. No significant changes in E gene of TBE strains have been detected over a 12-year period.
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Bakhvalova VN, Rar VA, Tkachev SE, Matveev VA, Matveev LE, Karavanov AS, Dobrotvorsky AK, Morozova OV. Tick-borne encephalitis virus strains of Western Siberia. Virus Res 2000; 70:1-12. [PMID: 11074120 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00174-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains were isolated from ticks in Western Siberia for 12 years. Molecular hybridization of the 46 viral RNA with the TBEV cDNA and oligonucleotide probes revealed differences between the Siberian and Far Eastern strains. A comparison of the viral E gene fragment nucleotide sequence showed 89-98% homology between Siberian TBEV strains, whereas their similarity with strains from other populations was less than 83%. However, the viral E and NS1 glycoprotein antigenic structures appeared to be conservative because of the degenerate genetic code. This was shown by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with the corresponding monoclonal antibodies (MAb). The single exception was the MAb 17C3 against nonstructural glycoprotein NS1, which could distinguish Siberian from Far Eastern strains. Moreover, the neurovirulence differed between strains from the two natural populations. Lower neuroinvasiveness of the Siberian strains in comparison with Far Eastern Sofyin strain might be caused by both E and NS1 glycoprotein mutations.
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- V N Bakhvalova
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, 630091 91, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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