Вирусы Коксаки B1–6 как этиологический фактор энтеровирусной инфекции

Aim: Study of the role of Coxsackieviruses B in the etiology of enterovirus infection and other forms of neurological pathology and also the frequency of isolation of enteroviruses excreted by children living on the territory of the Russian Federation.Materials and methods: We investigated 1722 samples from children with acute flaccid paralysis, 19030 samples from patients with enterovirus infection and 100 samples from healthy children from institutions of preschool education. Isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted according to WHO recommendations.Results: Coxsackieviruses B were detected in patients with acute flaccid paralysis and persons who had contacts with them. In the patients with enterovirus infection Coxsackieviruses B were isolated in 3, 6% of cases, mainly in sporadic cases of enterovirus meningitis. In the structure of all isolated enteroviruses the percentage of Coxsackieviruses B was rather high (26%) and it was only lower than those of enterovirus ECHO 30 (32, 2%) which caused the season’s peaks of enterovirus infection in 2007–2009 and 2013. Coxsackieviruses B were also detected in the samples from children from preschool institutions. These viruses prevailed in the structure of all isolated enteroviruses and they were isolated in the samples from some children in two preschool institutions which served as the proof of the virus propagation after their importation to the institution when children start attending the institutions after summer holidays.Conclusion: Coxsackieviruses B constantly circulated on a great number of territories. They are the etiologic factor of mainly sporadic but also group cases of enterovirus meningitis. In the structure of all isolated enteroviruses these viruses occupied the leading position during almost all the years of 10 years of surveillance. The examination of the children without clinical symptoms of infection revealed that Coxsackieviruses B constituted the majority among isolated enteroviruses. That proves the possibility that healthy children are carriers of Coxsackieviruses B.Цель: изучение роли энтеровирусов Коксаки В1–6 в этиологии энтеровирусной инфекции и других форм неврологической патологии, а также частоты их выделения у здоровых детей, постоянно проживающих на территории Российской Федерации.Материалы и методы: Исследовано 1722 пробы фекалий от детей с острым вялым параличом, 19 030 проб от больных энтеровирусной инфекцией и 100 проб от здоровых детей из детских дошкольных учреждений. Выделение и идентификацию неполиомиелитных энтеровирусов проводили в соответствии с рекомендациями ВОЗ.Результаты: энтеровирусы Коксаки В1–6 были детектированы у детей с острыми вялыми параличами и контактных с ними лиц. У больных энтеровирусной инфекцией вирусы Коксаки В1–6 были изолированы в 3,6% случаев, в основном при спорадических случаях энтеровирусного менингита. В структуре выделенных энтеровирусов доля вирусов Коксаки В была довольно высокой – 26% и уступала только таковой вирусов ECHO 30 (32,2%), которые обусловили сезонные подъемы заболеваемости энтеровирусной инфекцией в 2007–2009 и 2013 гг. Вирусы Коксаки В1–6 также были детектированы у здоровых детей в организованных коллективах. Эти вирусы преобладали в структуре выделенных энтеровирусов и были изолированы у нескольких детей в двух дошкольных учреждениях, что свидетельствует об их распространении после заноса в эти учреждения, когда дети вновь начали их посещать после летнего отдыха.Заключение: энтеровирусы Коксаки В1–6 постоянно циркулируют на многих территориях, являясь этиологическим фактором в основном спорадических случаев, а также групповых заболеваний энтеровирусным менингитом. В структуре выделенных энтеровирусов эти вирусы занимали лидирующее положение почти во все годы на протяжении 10 лет наблюдения. При обследовании детей из организованных коллективов без клинических проявлений инфекции энтеровирусы Коксаки В1–6 составили большинство среди выделенных энтеровирусов, что свидетельствует о возможности носительства этих вирусов здоровыми детьми

НЕПОЛИОМИЕЛИТНЫЕ ЭНТЕРОВИРУС Ы, ОБУСЛОВИВШИЕ ПОДЪЕМ ЗАБОЛЕВАЕМОСТИ ЭНТЕРОВИРУСНОЙ ИНФЕКЦИЕЙ НА РЯДЕ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ РОССИИ В 2016 Г.

Aim: Characteristics of the peculiarities and the etiological factor of enterovirus infection on some territories of Russia in 2016. Materials and methods: We investigated 2138 samples from the patients with enterovirus infection. The isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted by the virological method and by partial sequencing of the genome region VP1. Phylogenic trees were constructed according to the method of Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Results: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection were fixed on some territories of Russia. In Saratov region the morbidity index of enterovirus infection in 2016 was twice as high as the median morbidity index over previous years. The morbidity level of enterovirus meningitis – 3, 21 for 100000 of the population (77% from all the cases of enterovirus infection) was higher than on the other territories. In Kostroma region the morbidity index of enterovirus infection in 2016 was 11 times higher than the index of the previous year. On both territories the rise of morbidity depends on the active circulation of enterovirus ЕСНО30. Enteroviruses ECHO30 from Saratov region belonged to two phylogenic groups of genotype h. To one of them belonged viruses ECHO30 from Kostroma region. In Murmansk and Leningrad regions in 2016 most cases of enterovirus infection were represented by hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The grouped foci of infection were registered in some preschool institutions. The etiological factor of this clinical form was Coxsackieviruses A6 belonging to different genetic variants. Conclusion: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection with the prevalence of different clinical forms of the disease were provoked by different etiological factors. On territories where enterovirus meningitis prevailed strains of enterovirus ECHO30 belonging to different variants of genotype h were detected. In patients with clinical picture of HFMD from territories where this form was leading the etiological factor of infection was Coxsackievirus A6 of different genetic variants.Цель: характеристика особенностей заболеваемости и этиологического фактора энтеровирусной инфекции (ЭВИ) на ряде территорий России в 2016 г. Материалы и методы: исследовано 2138 проб фекалий от больных ЭВИ. Выделение и идентификацию энтеровирусов проводили вирусологическим методом и путём частичного секвенирования области генома VP1. Филогенетические деревья были построены методом Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Результаты: Эпидемические подъемы заболеваемости ЭВИ в 2016 г. были отмечены на ряде территорий России. В Саратовской области средний многолетний показатель заболеваемости ЭВИ был превышен в два раза. Показатель заболеваемости энтеровирусным менингитом – 3,21 на 100 000 населения (77% от всех случаев ЭВИ) – был выше, чем на других территориях. В Костромской области показатель заболеваемости ЭВИ в 2016 г. был превышен в 11 раз по сравнению с предыдущим годом. На обеих территориях рост заболеваемости был связан с активным включением в циркуляцию энтеровируса ECHO30. Вирусы ЕСНО30 из Саратовской области принадлежали генотипу h и относились к двум филогенетическим группам, в одну из которых вошли также штаммы, изолированные от больных ЭВИ в Костромской области. В Мурманской и Ленинградской областях в 2016 г. заболевания протекали в основном в видевирусной экзантемы полости рта и конечностей, были зарегистрированы групповые очаги в детских дошкольных учреждениях. Этиологическим фактором оказались вирусы Коксаки A6, которые относились к разным генетическим вариантам. Заключение: эпидемические подъемы заболеваемости энтеровирусной инфекцией с преобладанием различных клинических форм заболевания были обусловлены разными этиологическими факторами. На территориях, где превалировала клиника энтеровирусного менингита, в качестве этиологического агента были детектированы энтеровирусы ЕСНО 30, которые принадлежали к разным вариантам генотипа h. У больных с клиникой вирусной экзантемы полости рта и конечностей на территориях, где эта клиническая форма была ведущей, основным этиологическим фактором были вирусы Коксаки A6 разных генетических вариантов

ЗАБОЛЕВАЕМОСТЬ ЭНТЕРОВИРУСНОЙ ИНФЕКЦИЕЙ И ОСОБЕННОСТИ ЦИРКУЛЯЦИИ НЕПОЛИОМИЕЛИТНЫХ ЭНТЕРОВИРУСОВ НА НЕКОТОРЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЯХ РОССИИ В 2017 ГОДУ

Aim: Characteristics of enterovirus infection morbidity and study of peculiarities of enterovirus circulation on some territories of Russia in 2017. Materials and methods: We investigated more than 5000 samples from the patients with enterovirus infection. The isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted by virological method and by partial sequencing of the genome region VP1. Phylogenic trees were constructed according to the method of Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Results: Epidemic process and clinical picture of enterovirus infection were not the same on different territories. Peculiarities of the circulation of different types of enteroviruses on the territories were also different. In Saratov region 65% of cases were represented by enterovirus meningitis. In Murmansk region and in the Komi Republic enterovirus infection with exanthema prevailed, 95% and 60% correspondingly. In Saratov region enterovirus ECHO18 was the etiological agent of enterovirus meningitis. In Murmansk region and in the Komi Republic the cases were connected mainly with Coxsackieviruses A6. The strains of enterovirus ECHO18 were distributed to three clusters. The strains which provoked enterovirus meningitis in Saratov region belonged to cluster 3, they were formed separately from other strains of this enterovirus type and differed from the stains of ECHO18 which circulated in the North-West of Russia. The strains of Coxsackieviruses A6 identified in the North-West of Russia belonged to three sub-genotypes 5, 6, 8 of pandemic genotype of CoxsackievirusesA6. The majority of the strains belonged to sub-genotypes 6 and 8 which in 2017 dominated in the structure of Coxsackieviruses A6 in the North-West of Russia and in Russia. Conclusion: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection represented by different clinical forms of the disease were provoked by different types of enteroviruses. Enterovirus ECHO18 was the etiological agent of enterovirus meningitis. The main etiological factors of enterovirus infection with exanthema were Coxsackieviruses A6 of different sub-genotypes.Цель: характеристика заболеваемости энтеровирусной инфекцией и изучение особенностей циркуляции неполиомиелитных энтеровирусов на ряде территорий России в 2017 г. Материалы и методы: исследовано более 5000 проб фекалий от больных энтеровирусной инфекцией. Выделение и идентификацию энтеровирусов проводили вирусологическим методом и путём частичного секвенирования области генома VP1. Филогенетические деревья были построены методом Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Результаты: течение эпидемического процесса и клинические проявления энтеровирусной инфекции на разных территориях отличались. Особенности циркуляции энтеровирусов разных типов на территориях также были разными. В Саратовской области 65% заболеваний были представлены энтеровирусным менингитом. В Мурманской области и в Республике Коми преобладали экзантемные формы энтеровирусной инфекции, составившие 95% и 60% соответственно. В Саратовской области этиологическим фактором энтеровирусного менингита оказался энтеровирус ЕСНО 18. В Мурманской области и в Республике Коми заболевания были обусловлены в основном Coxsackievirus А6. Штаммы энтеровируса ЕСНО 18 распределились по трем кластерам. Штаммы, обусловившие заболевания энтеровирусным менингитом в Саратовской области, вошли в кластер 3, они сформировались отдельно от штаммов этого типа вируса и отличались от штаммов ЕСНО18, которые циркулировали на северо-западе России. Штаммы вируса Coxsackievirus А6, идентифицированные на северо-западе России, относились к трем субгенотипам пандемического генотипа вируса Coxsackievirus А6 – 5, 6 и 8. Большинство штаммов относились к субгенотипам 6 и 8, которые в 2017 г. доминировали в структуре Coxsackieviruses А6 на северо-западе России и в Российской Федерации в целом. Заключение: эпидемические подъемы заболеваемости энтеровирусной инфекцией, представленной различными клиническими формами, были обусловлены разными типами энтеровирусов. Этиологическим агентом энтеровирусного менингита были энтеровирусы ЕСНО 18. Основным этиологическим фактором экзантемных форм заболевания были Coxsackieviruses A6 разных субгенотипов

Coxsackieviruses B1–6 as Etiological Factor of Enterovirus Infection

Aim: Study of the role of Coxsackieviruses B in the etiology of enterovirus infection and other forms of neurological pathology and also the frequency of isolation of enteroviruses excreted by children living on the territory of the Russian Federation.Materials and methods: We investigated 1722 samples from children with acute flaccid paralysis, 19030 samples from patients with enterovirus infection and 100 samples from healthy children from institutions of preschool education. Isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted according to WHO recommendations.Results: Coxsackieviruses B were detected in patients with acute flaccid paralysis and persons who had contacts with them. In the patients with enterovirus infection Coxsackieviruses B were isolated in 3, 6% of cases, mainly in sporadic cases of enterovirus meningitis. In the structure of all isolated enteroviruses the percentage of Coxsackieviruses B was rather high (26%) and it was only lower than those of enterovirus ECHO 30 (32, 2%) which caused the season’s peaks of enterovirus infection in 2007–2009 and 2013. Coxsackieviruses B were also detected in the samples from children from preschool institutions. These viruses prevailed in the structure of all isolated enteroviruses and they were isolated in the samples from some children in two preschool institutions which served as the proof of the virus propagation after their importation to the institution when children start attending the institutions after summer holidays.Conclusion: Coxsackieviruses B constantly circulated on a great number of territories. They are the etiologic factor of mainly sporadic but also group cases of enterovirus meningitis. In the structure of all isolated enteroviruses these viruses occupied the leading position during almost all the years of 10 years of surveillance. The examination of the children without clinical symptoms of infection revealed that Coxsackieviruses B constituted the majority among isolated enteroviruses. That proves the possibility that healthy children are carriers of Coxsackieviruses B

NONPOLIO ENTEROVIRUSES WHICH CAUSED THE RISE OF ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION ON SOME TERRITORIES OF RUSSIA IN 2016

Aim: Characteristics of the peculiarities and the etiological factor of enterovirus infection on some territories of Russia in 2016. Materials and methods: We investigated 2138 samples from the patients with enterovirus infection. The isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted by the virological method and by partial sequencing of the genome region VP1. Phylogenic trees were constructed according to the method of Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Results: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection were fixed on some territories of Russia. In Saratov region the morbidity index of enterovirus infection in 2016 was twice as high as the median morbidity index over previous years. The morbidity level of enterovirus meningitis – 3, 21 for 100000 of the population (77% from all the cases of enterovirus infection) was higher than on the other territories. In Kostroma region the morbidity index of enterovirus infection in 2016 was 11 times higher than the index of the previous year. On both territories the rise of morbidity depends on the active circulation of enterovirus ЕСНО30. Enteroviruses ECHO30 from Saratov region belonged to two phylogenic groups of genotype h. To one of them belonged viruses ECHO30 from Kostroma region. In Murmansk and Leningrad regions in 2016 most cases of enterovirus infection were represented by hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The grouped foci of infection were registered in some preschool institutions. The etiological factor of this clinical form was Coxsackieviruses A6 belonging to different genetic variants. Conclusion: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection with the prevalence of different clinical forms of the disease were provoked by different etiological factors. On territories where enterovirus meningitis prevailed strains of enterovirus ECHO30 belonging to different variants of genotype h were detected. In patients with clinical picture of HFMD from territories where this form was leading the etiological factor of infection was Coxsackievirus A6 of different genetic variants

Enterovirus infection morbidity and peculiarities of nonpolio enteroviruses circulation on some territories of Russia in 2017

Aim: Characteristics of enterovirus infection morbidity and study of peculiarities of enterovirus circulation on some territories of Russia in 2017. Materials and methods: We investigated more than 5000 samples from the patients with enterovirus infection. The isolation and identification of enteroviruses were conducted by virological method and by partial sequencing of the genome region VP1. Phylogenic trees were constructed according to the method of Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain. Results: Epidemic process and clinical picture of enterovirus infection were not the same on different territories. Peculiarities of the circulation of different types of enteroviruses on the territories were also different. In Saratov region 65% of cases were represented by enterovirus meningitis. In Murmansk region and in the Komi Republic enterovirus infection with exanthema prevailed, 95% and 60% correspondingly. In Saratov region enterovirus ECHO18 was the etiological agent of enterovirus meningitis. In Murmansk region and in the Komi Republic the cases were connected mainly with Coxsackieviruses A6. The strains of enterovirus ECHO18 were distributed to three clusters. The strains which provoked enterovirus meningitis in Saratov region belonged to cluster 3, they were formed separately from other strains of this enterovirus type and differed from the stains of ECHO18 which circulated in the North-West of Russia. The strains of Coxsackieviruses A6 identified in the North-West of Russia belonged to three sub-genotypes 5, 6, 8 of pandemic genotype of CoxsackievirusesA6. The majority of the strains belonged to sub-genotypes 6 and 8 which in 2017 dominated in the structure of Coxsackieviruses A6 in the North-West of Russia and in Russia. Conclusion: Epidemic peaks of enterovirus infection represented by different clinical forms of the disease were provoked by different types of enteroviruses. Enterovirus ECHO18 was the etiological agent of enterovirus meningitis. The main etiological factors of enterovirus infection with exanthema were Coxsackieviruses A6 of different sub-genotypes

Coveted, detested and unattainable?

This article explores how the image of the USA has developed in two major Russian daily newspapers, Izvestiya and Komsomolskaya Pravda, in a time period comprised of a total 20 weeks’ of study in the years of 1984, 1994, 2004 and 2009. For Russia this time span was dramatic: it moved from seemingly stable superpower in the 1980s, over the chaos after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, to the partial comeback to great power status at the beginning of the 21st century. While telling the story of how the image of the USA has evolved, the article also describes how Russian self-images have developed. The image projected of the USA was Manichean in the 1980s, whereas the most benevolent images were found in the 1990s. The examples from 2004 and 2009 reflect an assertive Russia that is back on the world stage. The USA is here again often criticized, but also — as before — comprises the scale against which Russia itself is measured