[Electron microscopy as a diagnostic method in the epidemiological surveillance of poxvirus infections]

Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 1990 Aug:(8):57-62.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The materials of work lasting for 11 years and including the study of 3,425 samples collected at different periods after the eradication of smallpox from patients suspected for orthopoxvirus infection indicate high effectiveness of electron microscopy and especially immune electron microscopy as an integral part of diagnostic examination.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cowpox / diagnosis
  • Cowpox / epidemiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron / methods*
  • Microscopy, Immunoelectron / methods
  • Monkeypox virus
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Poxviridae / ultrastructure
  • Poxviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Poxviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Smallpox / diagnosis
  • Smallpox / epidemiology
  • USSR / epidemiology
  • Virion / ultrastructure
  • World Health Organization