Letter from Latvia: surviving surveillance.

Letter from Latvia: surviving surveillance.

During my stay in Riga (one of the oldest cities in Europe' and capital of a country about the same size as the Republic of Ireland with a population of 2 5 million) I spoke at the Ministry ofHealth and at the First Children's Hospital. I was privileged to have Professor I Lazovskis (Juris's father and professor of internal medicine at the Latvian Medical Academy) as my interpreter. As we sat i...

Public health surveillance in Latvia.

This paper presents public health surveillance data in Latvia. This is the first time these data are being published since the restoration of the Second Republic. The paper describes the state-of-the-art monitoring system of food and water safety. It also contains epidemiological data for Latvia. The conclusion brings a success story about the implementation of the monitoring programme in the c...

Letter to Editor: Mortality Trends of Pilgrims in Hajj: An Implication for Establishment of Surveillance System

Hajj is one of the most important religious ceremonies of Muslims that is held in Saudi Arabia every year. However, trauma is the most important factor of mortality in this ceremony.

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A new Elachista species (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) from Latvia.

Elachista sulcsiella sp. n. from Latvia is described. A series of specimens was collected by netting and breeding in three localities. The newly described species belongs to the Elachista bifasciella-group and is likely a close relative of E. irenae Buszko and E. talgarella Kaila. The adult habitus and genitalia of both sexes are figured.