[RANK INDICES METHOD AND ITS USE FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POPULATION HEALTH].

There is presented a calculation method aimed to elevate the informative value of the integral indices of the social and hygienic monitoringfor purposes of comparative analysis. The method of rank indices is based on the ranking of monitoring objects on the values of primary indices on the base of which there are calculated the integral such indices as, for example, life expectancy. There are presented results of the use of this method for the comparative analysis of mortality rate in WHO Member States for the period of 1990-2011.

[Serum neopterin, bacteremia and viral antibodies in dilated cardiomyopathy].

Quantitation of neopterin and morphological examination of bacteria circulating in the blood of 28 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy gave evidence for elevated neopterin concentrations in 22 of the examinees (> 10 nM/l). The highest neopterin levels occurred in patients with L-form bacteria. Concentrations of neopterin and antibodies to cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex were related.