Croatia has a low-level HIV epidemic; 553 persons were diagnosed with HIV infection in the period 1985-2005. The principal mode of transmission was sex between men (40% of cases) and heterosexual contact (40%). Only about 10% of cases were injecting drug users. Testing data also suggest a low prevalence of HIV infection in Croatia, even in vulnerable groups. Behavioral data indicate risky sexua...

New records are provided for Limoniidae and Pediciidae from Croatia, with new distribution records for species in 12 different genera. Four genera and 18 species are newly recorded for Croatia. Until now, including this data, 87 Limoniidae and eight Pediciidae have been recorded from Croatia. In this paper we confirm presence of Ormosia (Oreophila) bergrothi (Strobl, 1895) and we give the first...

1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Department in Petrinja, Trg Matice hrvatske 12, 44250 Petrinja, Croatia 2Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine – Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland 3Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany 4University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department o...

After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito control, resulting in the diagnosis of a second case of autochthonous dengue fever in the same area and the detection of 15 persons with evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced. Th...

in 2007, research was carried out to determine the type and amount of asbestos fibers in a croatian factory with a long history of making asbestos-containing products.since the 1970s, asbestos fibres have been considered carcinogenic in humans i.e as a known cancer-causing agent. in the environment, asbestos fibres are inactive and naturally resist biodegradation. in time, fibres can only be gr...

Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA genetic monitoring of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, was undertaken in Croatia and Serbia from 1996 to 2011 and in the United States in 2011. The seven U.S. populations displayed the greatest allelic diversity. In Europe, the highest number of alleles was found in Rugvica, Croatia, and Surčin, Serbia, the two sites closest...

Estimation and Optimization of Potentiometric Sensor Response Parameters from Surfactant Titration Data Using Microsoft Excel Solver and Mathematica Milan Sak-Bosnar1 ∗, Dubravka Madunić-Čačić2, Nikola Sakač1, Mirela Samardžić1, and Želimir Kurtanjek3 1Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, F. Kuhaèa 20, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia 2Saponia, Chemical, Pharmaceutical...

Carol M. Herak-Kramberger, Davorka Breljak, Marija Ljubojević, Mirela Matokanović, Mila Lovrić, Dunja Rogić, Hrvoje Brzica, Ivana Vrhovac, Dean Karaica, Vedran Micek, Jana Ivković Dupor, Dennis Brown, and Ivan Sabolić Molecular Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia; Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnosis, University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croa...

A NEAR-HANGING PATIENT WITH PTSD AND ACUTE STROKE AN UNUSUAL CONDITION FOR “OFF LABEL” THROMBOLYSIS Svjetlana Šupe, Zdravka Poljaković, Mario Habek, Goran Pavliša & Stanislava Stojanović-Špehar Department of Neurology, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia ...

1 Signal Processing, Analysis and Advanced Research and Education Laboratory (SPAADREL), Department of Marine Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 37, 21000 Split, Croatia 2 Laboratory for Marine Electrical Engineering, Department of Marine Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Faculty of Maritime ...