During an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in 1989, five children (3 girls, 2 boys, aged 6.8-16 years) with a severe form of the disease were treated; four of these were ...followed for 22-28 months. The main clinical features in all five patients were: fever, headache, myalgia, abdominal and back pain and vomiting; haemorrhagic syndrome was present in four children. Renal syndrome presented with severe acute renal failure in all five patients. All patients recovered. Serological confirmation by an indirect immunofluorescence assay, by enzyme immunoassay for IgM antibodies and by plaque reduction neutralization test showed infection by Belgrade virus in three and by Hantaan virus in two patients. It was not possible to differentiate these two serogroups on the basis of clinical features. This study provides further information on the circulation of different hantaviruses causing severe HFRS in Serbia.
Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) associated with Aeromonas hydrophila enterocolitis is reported in a 23-month-old female infant. The A. hydrophila strain isolated from the patient's stool sample ...produced cytotoxin against verocells; increasing levels of cytotoxin-neutralizing antibody in the patient's sera were demonstrated, suggesting a recent infection. This report indicates that A. hydrophila should be suspected as a possible cause of HUS, and that this pathogen should be looked for in cases of post-diarrhoeal HUS.
The knowledge of plant and animal species disappearance in large and small biological crises significantly affects the formation of positive environmental awareness which contributes to environmental ...preservation and the protection of weak, non-dominant plant and animal species. This prevents or delays the next major biological crisis that will certainly arise from smaller, sporadic ones. Ozone depletion, the overgrowth of human population and the extinction of weak, non-dominant species are current processes in the modern world which also occurred in large biological crises in the past. It is obvious that, if some- thing is not quickly changed, the management of this planet by the human race will lead to the sixth major biological crisis.
The knowledge of plant and animal species disappearance in large and small biological crises significantly affects the formation of positive environmental awareness which contributes to environmental ...preservation and the protection of weak, non-dominant plant and animal species. This prevents or delays the next major biological crisis that will certainly arise from smaller, sporadic ones. Ozone depletion, the overgrowth of human population and the extinction of weak, non-dominant species are current processes in the modern world which also occurred in large biological crises in the past. It is obvious that, if some- thing is not quickly changed, the management of this planet by the human race will lead to the sixth major biological crisis.
