[Mycoplasma pneumoniae epidemic as zoonosis].

At a secondary school in Budapest, in the first class, 30 students became sick with fever and upper respiratory catarrhal symptoms between September 19 and October 31, 1995. Two children were hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumonia, in case of the two children treated at the Szent László Hospital, suspect of Mycoplasma infection raised which was also confirmed by cold agglutination test. During the epizootiological examination on the spot they found a terrarium in the classroom where the students raised a Syrian gold hamster family.

[Experience with the screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B virus and the vertical transmission of the virus].

The authors started the checking for the hepatitis B virus in pregnant women of the town Ajka and its surroundings 10 years ago and then they extended it over the whole county. They examined 33,433 pregnant women from 1980 to 1990 and found that 0.5% of them were HBV carrier state (that is 169 persons), while in endemic territories they found a higher rate (0.