Ejection experience in Serbian Air Force, 1990-2010.

Background/aim: Ejection injuries are the problem for air forces. The present risk for injuries is still too high, approximately 30-50%. The aim of this study was to determine factors responsible for and contributing to injuries in the Serbian Air Force (SAF) in the last two decades.

Evidence of recombination in Tula virus strains from Serbia.

Tula hantavirus (TULV) belongs to Bunyaviridae family, with negative sense RNA genome. Segmented nature of hantaviral genome allows for genetic reassortment, but the evidence of homologous recombination also exists. In this study we analyzed TULV sequences isolated in Serbia on different occasions and from different rodent hosts: 1987 strain from Microtus subterraneus and 2007 strain from Microtus arvalis.

Pandemic influenza H1N1 outbreak in the military school.

Background/aim: The first cases of the pandemic pH1N1 influenza virus infection was observed in the Unated States and Mexico in April 2009 and the first laboratory confirmed case in Serbia was registered in June 2009. The aim of this paper was to report on the investigation of the first confirmed outbreak of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Serbia and to describe the clinical and epidemiologic findings from this investigation.

Methods: Descriptive and analytical epidemiological methods were used.

Clinical manifestations, therapy and outcome of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in hospitalized patients.

Background/aim: Increasing number of epidemiological and clinical studies to date showed that the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009, by its characteristics, significantly differs from infection caused by seasonal influenza. Therefore, the information about clinical spectrum of manifestations, risk factors for severe form of the disease, treatment and outcome in patients with novel flu are still collected. METHODS; A total of 98 patients (mean age 32 +/- 15 years, range 14-88 years) with the signs and symptoms of novel influenza were treated in the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Military Medical Academy.

Epidemiological characteristics of brucellosis in Serbia, 1980-2008.

Aim: To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of human brucellosis in Serbia from 1980 to 2008 and the most important factors affecting its emergence and spread.

Methods: Public sources of data on brucellosis were used, including official reports of infectious diseases and epidemics, as well as monthly and annual reports of the Serbia and Vojvodina Institutes of Public Health.

Results: From 1980 through 2008, there were 1521 human brucellosis cases in Serbia.

[Risk of Lyme disease development after a tick bite].

Background/aim: Despite numerous research of Lyme disease (LD), there are still many concerns about environmental of infectious agent of LD, as well as its prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this work was to determine the risk of LD in relation to the way of removing ticks and duration of tick attachment.

Methods: In the period from 2000 to 2007 a prospective study was conducted including persons with tick bite referred to the Institute of Epidemiology, Military Medical Academy, and followed for the occurrence of early Lyme disease up to six months after a tick bite.

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Belgrade area.

Objective: Lyme borreliosis is vector-borne zoonosis. The causative agent of Lyme borreliosis is a spirochete of Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) sensu lato complex, which is transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. The aim of our paper is to estimate the prevalence of I.

[An outbreak of trichinellosis in a military unit].

Background/aim: In December 2001, an outbreak of trichinellosis spreaded in a military unit. The aim of this paper was to show possibilities and consequences of trichinellosis infestations in military units during peace time, as well as to improve knowledge and awareness of medical corps personnel, commanders and soldiers about this disease.

Methods: A descriptive and analytical epidemiological models were used to find out a source of outbreak and to identify the ways of its transmission.

[Foodborne disease outbreak among soldiers in Nis garrison associated with the consumption of coleslaw].

Aim/background: Large outbreaks of foodborne diseases are always focused by the general public who expect experts to rapidly explain both the causes of the disease and its growth. This article presents the results of the investigation of an outbreak of foodborne disease that has attracted much of the electronic and written media attention.

Methods: The data on food items consumed by intoxicated and healthy soldiers were obtained by the adapted questionnaire during a field investigation performed on November 3-4, 2005.

[An epidemic of Q fever in a unit of the Yugoslav Army during war conditions].

In an outbreak of Q-fever in an Army unit lasting 9 days, 20 (13.4%) soldiers had contracted a disease. The outbreak occurred due to the entry of the unit into the focus originated by lambing and pasture of infected sheep.