[Disruption of the morphofunctional state of hepatocytes and microcirculation in the liver during prolonged artificial circulation in dogs].

Qualitative and quantitative analysis was made of morpho-functional and enzymatic changes in the dog liver during long-term extracorporeal circulation. Pronounced necrotic alterations of hepatocytes and microcirculatory disorders were detected by the end of 3-hour extracorporeal circulation. The data obtained indicate the need for correction of circulation in the terminal parts of the vascular bed.

[Isolation of the Isfahan virus in Turkmenia].

This is a first report on the isolation in the USSR of Isfahan virus belonging to the Rhabdoviridae family. Two strains, T-200 and T-227, were isolated from a pool of 100 and 95 engorged Phlebotomus papatasi females collected in colonies of great gerbils in June and August, 1979, in the Kirov district, Turkmenia. According to the results of previous investigations, the human population and great gerbils in this areas were frequently found to have antibody to Isfahan virus.