Evaluation of Effectiveness of Yersinia pestis Molecular Diagnostics in the Field Material from Sarydzhas Focus in Kyrgyzstan

Objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of the methods for molecular diagnostics and identification of Yersinia pestis strains in the field material obtained from Sarydzhas high-mountain focus in Kyrgyz Republic. Materials and methods . Investigated were the samples of the field material, isolated in 2016 in Sarydzhas high-mountain plague focus, using conventional methods of laboratory diagnostics and PCR with hybridization-fluorescent and electrophoretic registration of results. Results and conclusions . It is demonstrated that in a number of cases molecular-genetic method has a higher resolution as compared to conventional methods of laboratory diagnostics of plague. It proves the necessity of wider usage of molecular-diagnostic methods in epizootiological monitor-ing of plague in natural foci in Kyrgyz Republic.