Circulation of influenza virus A(H1N1) in Moldavia (Romania) during 1978-1982.

The influenza virus A(H1N1) subtype that reappeared after an absence of 20 years was incriminated as an etiological agent of acute respiratory disease outbreaks in Moldavia (Romania). There were three epidemics in the winter--spring of 1978, 1979, and 1982, that affected mostly school communities and young adults. In 1980-1981 the circulation of A(H1N1) virus was limited. In all the epidemics mentioned the A(H1N1) subtype caused mild influenza cases, with minimal complications and insignificant mortality.

[Methodolgy and interpretation in the study of the complement system in chronic hepatitis]. / Metodologie si interpretare in studiul sistemului complement în hepatita cronica.

The determination of the total hemolitic serum complement, as a screening test for investigating the activity of the entire complement system and the measurement of the C3 fraction consumption, has now gained a peculiar importance due to its contribution to the clearing up of some problems regarding the pathogeny an diagnosis of chronic hepatitis. The correlation of these values alterations with the presence of antiglobulinic antigens orientatively suggests the presence of immune complexes taking part in the maintainance of the inflammatory hepatic process.