title: [Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Yugoslavia 1951-1988].
abstract: Data on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) incidence in SFRY 1950-1988 were analysed. Information sources were published papers and official reports of Federal and Republic Institutions for Public Health. Indirect immunofluorescence technique was used in testing 1.842 organs of small wild mammals to the presence of HFRS viral antigen. This antigen was found in the lungs of 11 species. Average incidence of the carrier state was 10.4% Registered were 613 cases within the period 1951-1988. Morbidity rate was 0.05-10.6:1.00.000 for years. Disease have been registered during the whole year with maximum incidence rate in summer months. Men most capable of working were the most frequently affected: farmers, wood workers, soldiers. Average lethality was 5.2%.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za preventivnu medicinu, Vojnomedicinska akademija.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lukac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obradović
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gligić
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raković-Savcić
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diglisić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drndarević
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dordević
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral