Evgeni E. Gabev*, Evgeni B. Gabev, Evgeni E. Gabev Jr., Masha V. Bogoeva Institute of Experimental Pathology and Parasitology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia 1113, Bulgaria Department of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Medical University, Sofia 1431, Bulgaria. Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria. *To whom correspo...

Alexandar Iliev, Georgi P. Georgiev, Iva N. Dimitrova, Georgi Kotov, Lina Malinova, Pavel Rashev, Boycho Landzhov Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Queen Giovanna-ISUL, Medical University Sofia, Bulgaria. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital “St. Ekaterina”, Medical U...

AIM To analyze the pharmacy network (structure and resources) in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia and its relation to public expenditures for medicines. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using the officially published data for the period 2003-2008 in four selected countries. Data sources were relevant national institutions. RESULTS In 2008, Serbia had 27.5, Bulgaria 66.8, ...

background: one of europe’s most well-developed industrial regions is found in the republic of bulgaria. the industrialization of the region has a big impact on air pollution. thermal power plant “maritza east” (the largest of its kind in southeastern europe), the army training range, machine manufacturers, household heating and high volume of automobile traffic are all major sources of polluti...

Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae are the two main microsporidian parasites causing nosematosis in the honey bee Apis mellifera. The aim of the present study is to investigate the presence of Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae in the area of Bulgaria. The 16S (SSU) rDNA gene region was chosen for analysis. A duplex PCR assay was performed on 108 honey bee samples from three different parts of the coun...

† The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom ‡ Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria § National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria | Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands ¶ Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz-Institut für Evolutionsund Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany # Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France †† Chica...

The aim of our study is to review the published literature on establishment and implementation of ISO 9001 QMS in European hospitals, to study the availability of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) quality management systems (QMS) in Bulgarian hospitals and to outline the main advantages of ISO implementation in the hospitals in Bulgaria. The information on availability of ISO...

For the last 60 years, only a few cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been detected in Bulgaria. Considering the remarkable increase in TBE morbidity in Europe over the past two decades, we conducted a study of TBE among patients with acute viral meningitis who were hospitalised in Bulgaria during 2009 to 2012. A total of 86 patients with viral meningitis of unknown aetiology during thi...

A new homogenous earthquake catalogue covering Bulgaria and the surrounding Balkan area has been created with intention of performing a consistent seismic hazard assessment across the region. In keeping with modern requirements of cataloguing seismicity, this catalogue has been made homogenous as far as possible with regards to magnitude, which has been provided on any of four different reporte...

ABSTRACT Objective: HBV-infection is intermediate-endemic in Bulgaria. There is a trend for decreasing of HBsAg-carrier rate in the last decades, but prevalence remains higher in some specific ethnic communities. Current data regarding high-endemic sources of HBV-infection are limited. Methods: HBsAg and anti-HCV were tested in 677 subjects from a specific ethnical community: 413 adults and 264...