[A tularemia epidemic in western Slovakia 1995-1996].

The activation of natural foci of tularaemia in West Slovakia during 1994-1996 led to an epidemic outbreak in 1995-1996--mean annual morbidity 6.2 per 10(5) population. In comparison with the mean annual morbidity rate in the preceding period (1980-1994), a more than sevenfold increase was recorded.

[Isolation of tick-borne encephalitis viruses from the cervical spinal cord in meningoencephalitis].

In 1988 the organs of a male were examined post mortem for the presence of viruses in isolation experiments on white suckling mice. The virus isolated from the cervical spinal cord was identified as the virus of tick-borne encephalitis. Although death from tick-borne encephalitis is rather rare in Slovakia, the disease requires great attention with special focus on preventive measures.