Bulgaria

Status Report of Bulgaria

The largest city of Bulgaria – the capital Sofia (1,2 million inhabitants) is located in a broad valley at 550 m a.s.l. (above sea level) and the second largest town is Plovdiv at the Maritza river. Other major towns are located at the Black-sea cost (Varna and Bourgas), and there are a number of smaller towns in mountainous regions. Local circulation systems are therefore significant for the a...

Thysanoptera of Bulgaria

The present checklist includes data on the species composition, geographic distribution and feeding preferences of thrips species in Bulgaria. In total, 155 species in 48 genera are listed. Of these, 125 species belong to suborder Terebrantia and include 103 species of 33 genera in family Thripidae, 14 species of two genera in Aeolothripidae, seven species of two genera in Melanthripidae and on...

Preliminary Analysis: Bulgaria

Highlights on Health in Bulgaria

Country Highlights give an overview of the health and health-related situation in a given country and compare, where possible, its position in relation with other countries in the region. The Highlights have been developed in collaboration with Member States for operational purposes and do not constitute a formal statistical publication. They are based on information provided by Member States a...

Tularemia in bulgaria 2003-2004.

INTRODUCTION Tularemia is an uncommon but potentially fatal zoonosis. А second outbreak of tularemia in Bulgaria, about 40 years after the first, occurred in 1997 in two western regions, near the Serbian border. In 2003 tularemia reemerged in the same foci. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in a tularemia resurgence in...