Slovenia is a small Central European country with a relatively modest burden of HIV disease, with fewer than 1 per 1,000 inhabitants infected. The HIV epidemic mostly affects men who have sex with men (MSM), with subtype B as the most represented subtype in over 85% of patients. The aim of this study was to establish the properties of the subtype B HIV epidemic in Slovenia up to the end of 2012...

After introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy and consecutive successful control of HIV infection hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become an important pathogen in HIV infected patients. HIV infection in a person who is also HCV infected results in reduced rate of spontaneous HCV RNA clearance, faster liver disease progression and more aggressive course of liver disease. A total of 639 i...

The letter by Filia et al. [1] provides interesting additional information on the measles outbreak linked to an international dog show, reported in our paper recently published in Eurosurveillance [2]. After its publication, no additional measles cases linked to this outbreak were reported in Slovenia, and the number has remained at 44. Together with 18 Italian cases and one detected in Belgium...

Adult Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks collected near Ljubljana, Slovenia, were tested for the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) by using PCR assays based on the 16S rRNA gene. Three (3.2%) of 93 ticks were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. Nucleotide sequences of portions of the bacterial groESL heat shock operon amplified from these ticks were identical or nearly (9...

This report presents the estimates of tax gaps for corporate income (CIT) non-financial corporations in Slovenia by applying methodology IMF’s RA-GAP (Revenue Administration – Gap Analysis Program). work is being undertaken under context larger project designed to strengthen administration Slovenian Financial (SFA). Providing support towards building capacity SFA estimate and analyze CIT gap wi...

The issue of water management in Slovenia is regulated by several laws and by-laws. right to drinking enshrined the Constitution Republic Slovenia. Individual by-laws field are not coordinated with higher-level laws, Slovenia, nor EU regulations (directives, regulations). There no relevant provisions that would enforce Constitution. A major problem exists wastewater disposal treatment, protecti...

Received by the editors on July 11, 2012. Accepted for publication on May 26, 2013. Handling Editor: Michael Tsatsomeros. Department of Mathematics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ([email protected], [email protected]). Supported by Research Programs P1-0222 and L1-069 of the Slovenian Research Agency. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubl...