PMID- 22145346
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120105
LR  - 20201209
IS  - 0372-9311 (Print)
IS  - 0372-9311 (Linking)
IP  - 5
DP  - 2011 Sep-Oct
TI  - [Detection of natural tularemia foci in Mongolia].
PG  - 31-6
AB  - AIM: Study of the current spread of natural tularemia foci in Mongolia and its 
      epizootic activity evaluation for consequent substantiation of the 
      recommendations for prophylaxis of this disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study of 
      1119 pellet specimens from predatory birds obtained in 6 aimag in Mongolia in 
      2008--2010 was performed. Tularemia antigen was detected by using antibody 
      neutralization reaction (ANR) and passive hemagglutination reaction (PHR) with 
      tularemia diagnosticums. Tularemia DNA was detected by PCR by using strain 
      specific primers. Presence of plague antigen in PHR with plague immunoglobulin 
      diagnosticum was also studied in all the samples. RESULTS: Epizootologic 
      monitoring allowed the detection of natural tularemia foci in 5 of the 6 studied 
      aimags in Mongolia. PHR was the most effective study method that allowed to 
      detect tularemia antigen in the environmental objects in high quantities (up to 
      9.2% of positive samples) and high titers (up to 1:1600). PCR was less effective. 
      Plague antigen was detected in 9 samples in 2010 for the first time, and in 3 
      cases together with tularemia antigen, which indicates a presence of combined 
      natural foci of tularemia and plague in this territory. CONCLUSION: In the 
      studied regions of Mongolia natural tularemia foci were detected, their epizootic 
      activity was determined and recommendations for future study tactics of natural 
      tularemia foci were given.
FAU - Meshcheriakova, I S
AU  - Meshcheriakova IS
FAU - Korenberg, E I
AU  - Korenberg EI
FAU - Tserennorov, D
AU  - Tserennorov D
FAU - Mikhailova, T V
AU  - Mikhailova TV
FAU - Kormilitsyna, M I
AU  - Kormilitsyna MI
FAU - Batjav, D
AU  - Batjav D
FAU - Dagvadorj, Y
AU  - Dagvadorj Y
FAU - Demidova, T N
AU  - Demidova TN
FAU - Otgonbaatar, D
AU  - Otgonbaatar D
FAU - Enkhbold, N
AU  - Enkhbold N
FAU - Mendamar, L
AU  - Mendamar L
LA  - rus
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Russia (Federation)
TA  - Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol
JT  - Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii
JID - 0415217
RN  - 0 (Antibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antibodies
MH  - Birds/microbiology
MH  - Disease Reservoirs/microbiology
MH  - Francisella tularensis/*isolation & purification
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mongolia/epidemiology
MH  - Rodentia/microbiology
MH  - Tularemia/*epidemiology/microbiology
EDAT- 2011/12/08 06:00
MHDA- 2012/01/06 06:00
CRDT- 2011/12/08 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/01/06 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2011 Sep-Oct;(5):31-6.