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  • Title: [False-positive reactions in laboratory diagnosis of Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola viral hemorrhagic fevers and AIDS].
    Author: Vladyko AS, Zaĭtseva VN, Trofimov NM, Shkolina TV, Scheslenok EP, Boshchenko IuA, Petkevich AS.
    Journal: Vopr Virusol; 1997; 42(2):66-70. PubMed ID: 9182402.
    Abstract:
    Sera of normal subjects and AIDS patients living in Minsk and Odessa were tested for antibodies to hazardous viral infections Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola. Four to 16% of examinees were seropositive to Ebola virus, 0.8 to 2.3% to Lassa, and up to 0.8% to Marburg virus. Common B-epitopes were found in viruses belonging to different families: Lassa, Ebola, and HIV. Antibodies specific to these viruses antigens were found in the reference sera to influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus. Sera of convalescents after malaria and of AIDS patients contained antibodies to Lassa virus.
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