INTRODUCTION The production of the Montenegro antigen for skin test poses difficulties regarding quality control. Here, we propose that certain animal models reproducing a similar immune response to humans may be used in the quality control of Montenegro antigen production. METHODS Fifteen Cavia porcellus (guinea pigs) were immunized with Leishmania amazonensis or Leishmania braziliensis , an...

INTRODUCTION The Montenegro skin test reaction and leishmaniasis lesions share fundamental characteristics of a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the Montenegro skin test reaction (response to leishmanin) might approximate and thereby provide insight into the early inflammatory and immune response to Leishmania infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compar...

Suicide, as one of the greatest problems of maladjustment to the military environment, has been a subject of investigation in the Army of Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslav Army) for more than six decades. The Suicide Prevention Program was implemented in December 2003. The aim of the study was to follow-up the application of the Suicide Prevention Program in the Army of Serbia and Monteneg...

Virgínia Oliveira Fernandes, Ana Paula Dias Rangel Montenegro, Clarisse Mourão Melo Ponte, Lia Beatriz de Azevedo Souza Karbage, Manuela Montenegro Dias de Carvalho, Daniel Duarte Gadelha, Synara Cavalcante Lopes, Marivaldo Loyola Aragão, Ana Paula Abreu Martins Sales, Cristiane Bezerra Rocha Liberato, Ana Gardênia Liberato Ponte Farias, Catarina Brasil D’Alva, Francisco Herlânio Costa Carvalho...

Two new ground beetle subspecies, Omphreus (Omphreus) moriosandelissp. n. (from Mts. Zelengora and Maglić, eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Omphreus (Omphreus) moriodurmitorensisssp. n. (from Mt. Durmitor, northwestern Montenegro) are here described and diagnosed. The male and female genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated. The new taxa are distinctly different...

A list of 256 taxa of lichens (252 species) and 2 species of lichenicolous fungi from Montenegro is presented, including 58 taxa (57 species) new to Montenegro. The list is based on specimens kept in the lichen collections of the herbaria GZU, H, Podgorica, and in the private herbarium of Klaus Kalb, and on recent field work in various parts of the country. The genera Biatoridium, Carbonea, Cer...

We present high resolution VLT UVES observations of the active K dwarf GJ 117. 6 Li enhancement has been shown for energetic solar events, one chromo-spherically active binary, and several dwarf halo stars. Our analysis reveals the detection of 6 Li on this source with 6 Li 7 Li = 0.030±0.010. We found no significant contribution from other lines, including Ti I, in the Li profile of GJ 117 and...

The Task Force on the Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology artj.oxdjournals.o Task Force members, Bernhard Maisch, Chairperson* (Germany), Petar M. Seferovi c (Serbia and Montenegro), Arsen D. Risti c (Serbia and Montenegro), Raimund Erbel (Germany), Reiner Rienm€ uller (Austria), Yehuda Adler (Israel), Witold Z. Tomkowski (Poland), Gaetano Thie...

Background/Aim The overuse of antibiotics unnecessarily exposes patients to risk of side effects, encourages reconsultation for similar problems and enhances antimicrobial resistance. The use of antibiotics in the year 2011 in Montenegro was high (39.05 Defined Daily Dose – DDD/1,000 inhabitants/day), but it was not considered in relation to the frequency of bacterial diseases. The aim of our s...

Lia Beatriz de Azevedo Souza Karbage, Ana Paula Dias Rangel Montenegro, Luciana Felipe Férrer Aragão, Izabella Tamira Galdino Farias Vasconcelos, Virgínia Oliveira Fernandes, Annelise Barreto de Carvalho, Clarisse Mourão Melo Ponte, Catarina Brasil D'Alva, Carla Soraya Costa Maia, Synara Cavalcante Lopes, Marivaldo Loyola Aragão, Carla Antoniana Ferreira de Almeida Vieira, Ana Paula Germano Lop...