[Forensic medical examinations of living persons: modern problems of legal regulation, administration, procedure, and the evaluation of expert opinions].

The aim of the study is an analysis of the significant problems of legal regulation and procedure in the administration and conduct of forensic medical examinations of living persons. The authors, based on an analysis of the opinions of scientists, specialists and legal and forensic experts, draw conclusions and make suggestions aimed at improving forensic examinations in the conduct of these types of investigations.

Viral water contamination as the cause of aseptic meningitis outbreak in Belarus.

In the recent years Echovirus-30 associated outbreaks have taken place in different European countries. Aseptic meningitis caused by Echovirus-30 was the main diagnosis of a large outbreak in Belarus in Summer-Autumn, 1997, involving 460 patients. Echovirus-30 was detected in cerebrospinal fluid of the patients with aseptic meningitis.