TO THE QUESTION OF PREVENTION OF TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS
The purpose of this work was to study the effectiveness of iodantipyrine (JA), a home-produced interfere inductor drug, in preventive treatment for Russian tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). All indices were triply assessed before and after a course of the prophylactic treatment with JA course dose 4,5 g for 9 days) or with specific anti-TBE virus immunoglobulin (IG). It was demonstrated the high preventive effectiveness of JA, which was prescribed to individuals within 72 h and later after a tick bite.