FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: invention proposes antiviral agent consisting of mannose-specific lectin obtained from plant bulb of family Amarylidaceae, for example, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. This substance is used for preparing the drug and vaccine. Substance shows effectiveness for RNA-viruses control that contain glycoproteins with mannose (alpha-1--3) or (alpha-1--6) mannose-compounds, for example, human immunodeficiency virus and human lymphotropy T-virus and can be used as diagnosticum also. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness. 15 cl, 4 dwg, 3 tbl
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1997-06-27—Published
1990-10-25—Filed