[Morbidity and prophylaxis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the Republic of Bashkortostan]. / O zabolevaemosti i profilaktike gemorragicheskoi likhoradki s pochechnym sindromom v Respublike Bashkortostan.

The brief retrospective analysis of morbidity, epizootological data and preventive measures with respect to haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) during the whole period of its registration on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan along with the structure of HFRS morbidity during epidemic seasons of 1998 and 1999 is presented. The main causes of decreased HFRS morbidity in 1998, its rise in 1999 as well as prognosis for the year 2000 were detected. The level of HFRS morbidity among the population was found to be directly related to the number of rodents and their infection rate. The basic strategy of epidemic control interventions has been proposed.

[The low frequency of false positive results in the serological detection of infectivity with the human immunodeficiency virus in collectives of healthy young people]. / Nizkaia chastota lozhnopolozhitel'nykh rezul'tatov pri serologicheskom vyiavlenii infitsirovannosti virusom immunodefitsita cheloveka v kollektivakh zdorovykh molodykh liudei.

Among 1002 foreign students examined in Odessa 11 subjects with antibody to HIV, i.e. infected with HIV, were detected. A complete agreement of the results of the enzyme immunoassay and immune blotting test was observed. The reasons of this are discussed. A specific regional distribution of seropositive subjects by their permanent residence places was revealed.