[The potentials for the comprehensive diagnosis of viral encephalitis in Sverdlovsk Province]. / Vozmozhnosti kompleksnoi diagnostiki virusnykh éntsefalitov v Sverdlovskoi oblasti.

ABSTRACT

The suggested scheme of laboratory tests helped identify the etiology of viral encephalitides in 65.9% of cases. Diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis was confirmed by laboratory findings in 93.6% of cases. Patients with Californian encephalitis were detected in the Sverdlovsk region for the first time. A rather high rate of detection of antibodies to Tahyna virus was revealed in the examined population up to 60%. Influenza origin of encephalitis was recognized in 6.2% of cases, Lyme's disease was diagnosed in 9.3%.