THE OUTBREAK OF PARVOVIRAL INFECTION IN THE TERRITORY OF NORTH-WESTERN FEDERAL REGION OF RUSSIA

Abstract

Abstract. The results of clinical, epidemiological and laboratory investigation of outbreak of exanthemic infection occurred in the Lomonosov district of Leningrad oblast in May, 2012 are presented in this article. The clinical diagnosis of parvoviral infection was laboratory confirmed by specific IgM antibodies detection in patients’ sera by ELISA. It is emphasized the importance of virological monitoring for viral infections on the stage of measles elimination and sporadic level of rubella cases.

Keywords

• outbreak
• human parvovirus b19 infection
• laboratory diagnostic