PLAGUE INFECTION SIMULATING IN CASE OF INOCULATION WITH AVIRULENT YERSINIA PESTIS STRAINS

Biological method of investigation is specified for the laboratory diagnostics of plague. Mastering of this method by the trainees within the frames of further vocational education is associated with the use of avirulent Yersinia pestis strains and vaccine Y. pestis strain EV line, which while providing safety does not allow for typical pathomorphological pattern on biomodels, as well as for isolation of microorganisms from internal organs. Objective of the study is to select avirulent Yersinia pestis strains and to conduct comparative analysis of the simulation techniques for plague on biomodels. Materials and methods. Utilized were Y. pestis strains. Virulence was evaluated both, in vitro (polymerase chain reaction) and in vivo (LD50 for white mice). Results and conclusions. Set forward have been avirulent Y. pestis strains, prospective in terms of mastering biological method of laboratory diagnostics of plague, and means of their application for simulating plague in biomodels. The designed approach allows for exercising biological methods of plague investigation to the fullest extent, enhancing biological safety of practical studies and reducing the time line for isolation and accumulation of pure bacterial culture. 

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