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Z Seguljev
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Altered epidemiological characteristics of ulcer disease.
Dynamics and distribution of ulcer disease in population in the period 1987-1996 were analyzed on the basis of morbidity and mortality rate registered at clinics and institutes in Novi Sad. During the analyzed period 4.111 cases of ulcer disease were hospitalized and 47 with lethal outcome. Duodenal ulcer (2,739) is twice as frequent as gastric ulcer (1,372). Both localisations of ulcer disease are more frequent in males, and specific morbidity shows constant rise towards the older age groups. Duodenal ulcer shows sudden increase in the age group of over 20, and gastric ulcer in the age group of over 60. Gastric ulcer mortality (1.6%) is higher in comparison to duodenal ulcer mortality (0.9%) and it increases constantly towards the older age groups. Unfavourable result is statistically significantly higher in persons over 60. During the monitored period the increasing trend in duodenal ulcer is sharp, while figures in gastric ulcer are without significant changes. Both localisations have become a frequent health problem in population over 40 years of age.
[Occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases in Vojvodina during the last 20 years].
INTRODUCTION: Sexually transmitted diseases are the most often registered communicable diseases in a great number of countries. The aim of this study was to analyze dynamics and distribution of gonorrhea, syphilis and scabies in Vojvodina region during the last twenty years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Epidemiological characteristics of gonorrhea, syphilis and scabies were analyzed on the basis of data obtained from the Section of Epidemiology of the Institute of Public Health in Novi Sad. The research included the period between 1980 and 1999, with sex and age distribution of patients. Morbidity rates were given per number of inhabitants of Vojvodina. RESULTS: In the period between 1980-1999 there were 454 registered patients with the diagnosis of syphilis in Vojvodina. The morbidity ratio was highest in 1980 (3.41/100.000), and lowest in 1991 (0.24/100.000). In the twenty-year period there were more patients with gonorrhea, than patients with syphilis. There were 44.621 registered patients with gonorrhea. The maximum morbidity ratio was in 1980 (25.09/100.000), but the minimum was in 1998 (1.68/100.000). Within the examined period scabies was recorded in 56.490 patients. The highest morbidity ratio was in 1984 (232.37/100.000) and the lowest was in 1992 (73.56/100.000). DISCUSSION: The average morbidity ratio of syphilis in USA, between 1992-1994, was 11.8/100.000 and at the same time in Vojvodina it was only 0.42/100.000. In Vojvodina most patients with this disease were 20-39 years old. In the same period in USA the ratio of gonorrhea patients was 309/100.000 and in Vojvodina it was 2/100.000. In this group also, most patients were 20-39 years old. However, scabies mostly appeared at the age of 7-14. CONCLUSION: According to the obtained results, the number of registered patients with these three diseases in Vojvodina stagnates or it decreases. In order to deal with real data, it is necessary to report these diseases regularly.
[Epidemiologic characteristics of Q fever in Vojvodina].
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[Endemic (Balkan) nephropathy as an infection from natural foci?].
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[Zoonoses in Vojvodina. I. Epidemiologic characteristics of tetanus in Vojvodina].
Epidemiologic characteristics of tetanus in Voivodina were analyzed on the basis of reported cases of sickness or death, during the period from 1962 to 1991, and epidemiologic investigation on 35 sick persons suffering from tetanus during the last 5 years. By compulsory immunization against tetanus this disease is practically eliminated at the age when one is protected by immunity vaccine. Abandoning domiciliary childbirth neonatorum tetanus has been eliminated. Today tetanus occurs sporadically as a result of small, naive injuries, mostly in nonimmunized elderly people. Considering number of the sick, in 6.1% it happens to persons older than 60 years of age. Tetanus remains a health problem because of its high lethality, which is statistically significantly higher in older patients. On the basis of gathered results it is realistic to expect that applying compulsory immunization against tetanus to older people in 10 year intervals will not eliminate this disease, but it will significantly reduce lethality which is still about 25% in Voivodina.
[HIV infection in Vojvodina].
The study of HIV infection in the population of Vojvodina was carried out in the period 1985-1991. The results obtained by the seroepidemiologic examination of some epidemiologically important groups of populations and recorded cases of AIDS are compared. It has been found that the seroepidemiologic examinations, in spite of some shortcomings, provide a more reliable insight into the epidemiologic situation of HIV infection.
[The first cases of tularemia in Vojvodina].
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[HIV infection--a high priority health problem].
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