Seroprevalence of tularemia in rural Azerbaijan.

A representative, two-stage probability sampling design was used to select 40 villages in northern Azerbaijan with populations of <500 people to screen for evidence of prior infection with Francisella tularensis. Informed consent was provided, and samples were obtained from 796 volunteers and tested for the presence of immunoglobulin G antibodies using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. F.

Under-utilization of health care services for infectious diseases syndromes in rural Azerbaijan: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Infectious diseases present a potentially substantial yet undefined burden on the health of the adult Azerbaijani population. Efforts to quantify this burden in Azerbaijan are currently based almost exclusively on passive disease surveillance, and therefore hinge on the health utilization practices of the population. Understanding the prevalence of infectious syndromes and health utilization practices is paramount to disease surveillance, public health planning, and health care system reform.

[The chemical element content of mixed unstimulated saliva in periodontal diseases].

The levels of 21 chemical elements (N, Na, Mg, P, Cl, K, Ca, Sr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sc, Ag, Sb, Hg) were measured in mixed unstimulated saliva of 50 patients with periodontal diseases (29 women and 21 men) aged 20 to 49 without concomitant diseases, five of these with gingivitis and the rest with generalized periodontitis of medium severity (27 cases) and grave (n = 18). A control group consisted of 52 healthy subjects with intact periodontium and teeth. A complex of instrumental methods has been developed and used in this study including neutron activation analysis (NAA) in two modifications and roentgen-fluorescent analysis.

[The chemical element content of mixed unstimulated saliva from a healthy subject].

The levels of 21 chemical elements (N, Na, Mg, P, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Ag, Sb, Hg) were measured in 52 normal subjects aged 18 to 35 years with the use of a complex of instrumental methods including the neutron activation and x-ray fluorescence analysis. Effects of day time, season, sex and age on salivary composition were examined. The measured concentrations of chemicals in mixed nonstimulated saliva were different in each individual; some of them were liable to change only in the course of 24 hrs, therefore the time for saliva collection had to be strictly defined: 10-12 a.