Seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies (anti-HAV) in adult inhabitants of Wielkopolska region, Poland--the role of simple demographic factors.

Introduction And Objective: Based on the available epidemiologic data, Poland currently has the features typical for areas of very low endemicity for hepatitis A. The incidence of hepatitis A in the Wielkopolska region in years 2006-2008 was 0.68/100,000 inhabitants or significantly lower.

Human CRM1 augments production of infectious human and feline immunodeficiency viruses from murine cells.

Productive replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) occurs efficiently only in humans. The posttranscriptional stages of the HIV-1 life cycle proceed poorly in mouse cells, with a resulting defect in viral assembly and release. Previous work has shown that the presence of human chromosome 2 increases HIV-1 production in mouse cells.

Results of antiviral treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C: experience of Poznan centre.

Introduction: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Poland affects approximately 750 thousand persons. The prevention of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, of which approximately 20% of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus are at risk, aims at eradication of the virus by applying antiviral treatment with pegylated interferon alpha with ribavirin.

Material/methods: In this paper the results of the standard treatment of chronic hepatitis C in a population of 169 adult patients in whom it was started in the period of 01.

[Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis].

Objective: Evaluation the value of procalcitonin as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in septic patients and patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Material And Methods: 126 patients were included into the study. The patients were divided into four groups: 1--septic patients with positive blood cultures, 2--septic patients with negative blood cultures, 3--patients with SIRS, 4--patients without sepsis and SIRS.

[Atypical course of chicken-pox complicated by hepatitis and endocarditis].

A case of chicken-pox complicated by hepatitis and endocarditis in 21 years old man was described. Three weeks before admission to the Department of Infectious Diseases the patient stayed at the Neurological Department and was diagnosed as encephalitis. The spots on the skin and a very high level of aminotransferases were noticed in 19th day of hospitalization.