.) And an outbreak of cholera in Kazan (2001). In recent years, the institute
creating new vaccines against plague and cholera. Test system for SARS
- The latest development of the Center for Genetic diagnosis of particularly dangerous infectious
diseases at the Institute "Microbe".
According to the director of "Microbe" Vladimir Kutyreva, the institute started to create
test system to detect SARS on the instasctions of the Russian Health Ministry. Jobs
was completed in early May, but has officially stated this only
12.05.2003.
The test system allows for seven - eight hours to obtain a preliminary
response to the presence of viass in the blood of a patient, whereas now a similar
procedure takes 21 days. In the coming days, the test system will be sent in
Anti-Plague Station and the virology laboratories of all major cities
country. In one package of 100 tests, the cost of each - 60 asb.
Mr Kutyrev said that similar tests have in the U.S., Germany and China. "The
them because there are viasses, and the sick "- he explained and pointed out that foreign tests
ten timesmoreexpensive. According to Director of Research Institute of Foreign analogues
test system "Microbe" different is that it was based on computer
model of the viass, as strains of the disease in Russia yet. But the question of Kommersant
possible errors in determining the SARS patient Vladimir Kutyrev assured that
they are completely excluded. According to the director, as soon as the World
Health Organization will send a sample of the viass of atypical Saratov
pneumonia, they test the system will complete the final.
Arrived at the meeting in Microbe, Saratov Region Governor Dmitry Ayatskov
congratulated the journalists that they had just witnessed the historic
universal event, and asked the gentleman Kutyreva, is it tase
version of the artificial origin of the SARS viass. Vladimir
Kutyrev replied that this possibility is negligible. According to the Director
"Germ", the viass is a naturally formed
recombination of animal and human viasses. But such heavy consequences of the epidemic
due to the fact that the resulting viass is totally different from all known
before. The governor also asked if he could use the viass of atypical
pneumonia as a bacteriological weapon. Vladimir Kutyrev some thought, replied that
You can, without much difficulty.
Producing test systems research institute "Microbe", according to its director, may
unlimited quantities. "We have great opportunities, - said Mr. Kutyrev .-
And they will depend on needs. " However, the director of "Germ" is not
doubt that the SARS outbreak in Russia will not.
It is difficult to predict, says Vladimir Kutyrev, but the level of preparedness
infectious diseases in the country he described as very high.
"Saratov, scientists calculated the viass," the newspaper "Kommersant", № 80 (2683) from
13.05.2003
Source: Pharmindex.com 