Publications

[the level of antibodies to epstein-barr virus antigens in the blood serum of the inhabitants of southern siberia and the far east].	antibodies to epstein-barr virus have been detected in sera from 1538 healthy adult persons living in the south of siberia and far east. it has been shown that the virus infectivity varied from 77% in russians of the yakutsk assr to 100% in orochi and russians residing in the territory of the gorno-altai autonomous province. antibody levels to the epstein-barr virus for inhabitants of the south regions were higher than those for inhabitants of the north regions.	1989	2546730
lifestyle incongruity, stress and immune function in indigenous siberians: the health impacts of rapid social and economic change.	the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of economic and cultural change on immune function and psychosocial stress in an indigenous siberian population. we examined epstein-barr virus antibodies (ebv), an indirect biomarker of cell-mediated immune function, in venous whole blood samples collected from 143 yakut (sakha) herders (45 men and 98 women) in six communities using a cross-sectional study design. we modeled economic change through the analysis of lifestyle incongruity (li ...	2009	18711739