Severe acute respiratory infections surveillance in Romania - is it any gain to public health?

Unlabelled: This article aims to present the operation and usefulness of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance in Romania. Material and methods : The information obtained from surveillance data analysis using Epilnfo program revealed a greater severity of influenza in the second post-pandemic season (2011/2012) compared to the previous one (2010/2011). Detected risk factors were evidence-based arguments for recommending preventive measures in certain population groups.

[The monitoring of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection incidence and its resistance in Suceava County].

Unlabelled: Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is one of the most frequent infections transmitted on sexual intercourse. In the last decades, a significant numbers of gonococcus strains were resistant to penicillin, tetracycline, quinolones and, in the last period, resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporines too. The purpose of this study was to monitor the trend of N.