1. Serum and stools obtained in the pre-icteric phase of one patient, and pooled specimens of the same materials from 5 patients with experimentally induced (by feeding) infectious hepatitis produced the disease in 10 out of 15 human volunteers following feeding or parenteral inoculation. 2. Pooled specimens of urine and nasopharyngeal washings from 5 patients, obtained in the acute phase of in...

Hepatitis a general term which refers to inflammation of the liver. It may result from various causes, both infectious ( viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic) noninfectious (alcohol, drugs, autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases). The hepatitis B X protein (HBx) plays role in epigenetic regulation HBV replication. Real-time PCR has catalysed wider acceptance because it is more rapid, sensit...

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of depression among Croatian patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to make a comparison with patients with other acute and chronic infectious diseases. We assessed the depressive disorder using the Beck Depression Inventory questionnaire (BDI), without clinical confirmation. The BDI scores were examined in 80 HIV-infected...