Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Jul 2018)

RESULTS OF IDENTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS OF INFLUENZA AND OTHER ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS WITH THE METHOD OF RT-LAMP

  • Ch. Khishigmunkh,
  • D. Enkhsaykhan,
  • B. Darmaa,
  • Y. A. Amarzhargal,
  • D. Nyamkhuu,
  • S. Tsogtsaykhan,
  • M. Nakauchi,
  • P. Nymadawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2018-3.4.24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 155 – 157

Abstract

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Currently, the detection and identification of viruses that cause respiratory and influenza-like illness (ILI) is one of the main tasks of public healthcare. In 2016-2017, nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from 200 sick children with ILI aged 0 to 5 years. Detection of pathogens in ILI patients was carried out by RT-LAMP amplification method. In 43 % of patients ILI viruses were detected. Among all confirmed cases of viral infection, a respiratory-syncytial virus was detected in 49 %, rhinoviruses in 16 %, coronaviruses in 9 %, parainfluenza viruses in 6 %, and human metapneumoviruses in 2 % of samples. Influenza A viruses were found in 6 % of infected specimens. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of using RT-LAMP amplification in differential laboratory diagnostics of the ILI of viral etiology.

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