Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии (Aug 2019)

BALAYAN PARADOX

  • M. I. Mikhailov,
  • E. Yu. Malinnikova,
  • K. K. Kyuregyan,
  • I. A. Potemkin,
  • N. D. Alsalikh,
  • O. V. Isaeva,
  • A. A. Karlsen,
  • V. S. Kichatova,
  • A. D. Polyakov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36233/0372-9311-2019-1-80-85
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 80 – 85

Abstract

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This article presents the results of a study of the epidemiology of hepatitis E in the Russian Federation. Obtained data explaining the phenomenon, known as the Balayan paradox — the wide distribution of anamnestic antibodies to the hepatitis E virus in the absence of a registered incidence. It was shown that imported cases of infection are not able to support the epidemiological process of hepatitis E in Russia. The most cases of HEV infection are autochthonous in nature and are associated with zoonotic transmission of genotype 3 virus from pigs.

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