Prevalence and Diversity of Bartonella Species in Rodents from Georgia (Caucasus).

Bartonella infections are widespread and highly prevalent in rodents. Several rodent-associated Bartonella species have been related to human diseases. Recently, Bartonella species was reported as the etiology of a human case in the country of Georgia (Caucasus).

Human Lymphadenopathy Caused by Ratborne Bartonella, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Lymphadenopathy and fever that developed in a woman in Tbilisi, Georgia, most likely were caused by a ratborne Bartonella strain related B. tribocorum and B. elizabethae.

Traditional risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection not found among patients undergoing diagnostic upper endoscopy-Republic of Georgia, 2007-2008.

Objectives: Helicobacter pylori causes gastritis, duodenal ulcers, and gastric cancer. Although household crowding, low socioeconomic status (SES), and poor sanitation are associated with infection elsewhere, risk factors of infection in the Republic of Georgia (ROG), a country with a high prevalence rate (>70%), remain unknown. In this study we explored potential risk factors of infection among symptomatic patients in ROG.

[Dynamics of epizootic activity of natural foci of plague in Georgia].

Based on long term (1960-1990) surveillance data analysis of the plague natural foci activity on the territory of Georgia hypothetical parameters of epizootic activity algorithm have been revealed and potential role for susceptibility of noncultivated forms in the ecology of plague has been suggested. The article emphasizes the importance of circumstances, when reversal of noncultivated forms of Y. pestis creates real opportunity of microfoci development, however lack of appropriate density of rodent's population and index of abundance limit this process and do not allow initiation of epizootic processes.

[Sexual development of children and teenagers in the families deported from Abkhazia (dynamic observation)].

The aim of the study was the evaluation of physical and pubertal development of children from the families deported from Abkhazia who were exposed to significant psycho-somatic stress and prolonged socio-economical infringement. Dynamic observation started in 1998. Children, 9-15 years of age, have been studied.