First published in 1990. Part three is devoted to the epidemiology of influenza, the current etiological pattern of acute respiratory diseases in the USSR, the immunology of flu and of influenza and influenza prophylaxis in the USSR. Other topics reviewed include antigenic drift in the hemagglutinin of Hong Kong [H3N2] virus over the period of its circulation, RIA techniques of determining the influenza virus nucleoprotein and the persistence of influenza virus in different biological systems.
The Immunology of Influenza 1. Introduction 2. Antibodies in Secretions of the Respiratory Tract 3. Antibodies in Serum 4. Cell-Mediated Immunity 5. Some Elements of the Influenza Immunity Theory and the Problem of a Universal Vaccine. Forms and Mechanisms of Influenza A Virus Circulation in the Body 1. Introduction 2. Experimental Work in Animals on Forms in which the Virus 3. Investigation of Virus Circulation in Human Subjects 3.1 Group 1: Influenza patients 3.2 Group 2: Patients with neurological disorders 3.3 Group 3: Convalescents 4. Further Investigations
Biography
D. K. Lvov
