[The effect of desmopressin on changes of bile acids specter in rats].

We studied the effect of the synthetic analogue of antidiuretic hormone-desmopressin on the level of choleresis and the bile acids spectrum in acute experiments in bile duct-cannulated rats. It is shown that desmopressin increases bile flow and concentration of taurin-conjugated bile acids. In this situation, the concentration ofglycocholates practically is not changed, and concentration of free bile acids is diminished, which results in increase in the conjugation coefficient.

[Tuberculosis and opportunistic infections].

A serological study of blood from 44 patients with acutely progressive forms of pulmonary tuberculosis revealed their rather common association with active forms of the following opportunistic infections, such as M. pneumonia, Pn. carinii, and herpes simplex virus.

[An epidemiological study of herpetic viral infections in the Republic of Byelarus].

Studies on the epidemiology of infections caused by Herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in different age groups of the population of the Republic of Belarus, carried out over the period of many years, are summarized. The frequency of clinical manifestations of different forms of herpetic viral pathology in newborns, children and adults in different regions of the republic was studied. More frequent cases of the most severe clinical forms of herpetic viral infections (encephalitides, generalized infection) were noted in persons having immunodeficient states of different etiology, as well as among the population residing on the territory with unfavorable radiation conditions as a consequence of the catastrophe in the Chernobyl nuclear electric power station.