Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection Among Immunocompromised Individuals: A Brief Narrative Review.

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus that belongs to family. HEV is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are estimated 20 million HEV infections worldwide every year, leading to estimated 3.

Central periodic breathing during sleep in acute ischemic stroke.

Background And Purpose: It has been suggested that central periodic breathing during sleep (CPBS) may develop in unilateral supratentorial stroke without cardiopulmonary disease and disturbed consciousness. Not many data existed about such patients.

Methods: Of 31 patients with first-ever stroke, we report 3 patients with CPBS in the absence of cardiopulmonary and vigilance disturbances.

Public understanding of the causes of high stroke risk in northeast Bulgaria.

Background: Knowledge of stroke risk factors is undocumented in Bulgaria.

Methods: 188 subjects in 2000 and 447 in 2003 were asked: 'Why do you think stroke is so common in this region?'

Results: Stress and poverty accounted for 69% of the first mentions in 2000 and 59% in 2003. There were no mentions of high blood pressure and no first mentions of smoking in 2000.

Stroke in urban and rural populations in north-east Bulgaria: incidence and case fatality findings from a 'hot pursuit' study.

Background: Bulgaria's official stroke mortality rates are higher for rural than urban areas. Official mortality data has indicated that these rates are amongst the highest in Europe. There has been a lack of studies measuring stroke incidence in urban and rural populations.