Epidemiology of tuberculosis

Jiří Wallenfels

Profese online 2021, 14(2):1-5 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2021.012  

Tuberculosis is a disease subjected to notification duty. Data of all tuberculosis patients are monitored and evaluated in the registry of tuberculosis. The registry of tuberculosis is merged with the Information system for bacillary tuberculosis. The Information system for bacillary tuberculosis is based on mandatory laboratory notification of all positive mycobacterial examinations. In 2020, 368 new cases or recurrences of tuberculosis (TB) of all forms and locations were reported in the Czech Republic. The relatively highest number of TB cases had residence in Capital of Prague and the least affected region was Olomoucky region. Seventy-six per...

Highly contagious infections of our age

Dagmar Horáková, Ladislav Štěpánek

Profese online 2021, 14(2):6-9 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2021.013  

Highly contagious infections (HCI) have common characteristics, namely a serious clinical course with relatively high mortality and high infectivity with a significant potential for rapid spread in the human population. Clinical units belonging to HCI can meet both characteristics at the same time or only one of them. Changes in the environment and in the way humankind behaves help the emergence and spread of HCI. Anti-epidemic measures for the management of HCI are generally divided into preventive and repressive. In the 21st century, three new HCI of coronavirus etiology and zoonotic origin have occurred, causing respiratory diseases (SARS, MERS,...

Tetanus as a disappearing infection

Jana Janoutová, Ondřej Machaczka, Anna Zatloukalová, Ivanka Matoušková, Vladimír Janout

Profese online 2021, 14(2):10-13 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2021.014  

Background: Tetanus is an important infectious disease that is characterized by high lethality. For many decades, an effective vaccine against this disease has been available, the use of which has achieved the elimination of this dangerous infection. Objective: To prove that at present tetanus is a disappearing infection, against which there is good immunity in all age groups, including the oldest individuals. Methods: Protective antibodies against tetanus have been demonstrated in persons over 60 years of age using the ELISA method. Results: Examination of elderly persons in serological reviews in the Czech Republic between 1986 and 2002 showed protective...

PERTUSSIS - RE-EMERGIGNG DISEASE

Kateřina Fabiánová

Profese online 2021, 14(2):14-21 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2021.016  

Background: Vaccination against pertussis in the Czech Republic (CR) was started at the end of 1958. Vaccination was maintained at a very good level for a long time and only a few cases per year were reported. Nevertheless, in the CR, pertussis has been on the rise (re-emerging disease) since the 1990s, similarly to other countries. Aim: To get acquainted with the current epidemiological situation and possible factors that affect it. Methods: An overview summarizing published studies and articles on the issue. Results: Pertussis is on the rise in countries where acellular vaccine is being vaccinated, but also where whole cell vaccine is used. A change...

Spalničky mizející a znovu se objevující

Petr Pazdiora

Profese online 2021, 14(2):22-24 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2021.015  

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prof. MUDr. Vladimír Janout, CSc.

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Český protinádorový lék mitoDFO

prof. MUDr. Vladimír Janout, CSc.

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Knižní novinky

"Medicína založená na důkazu"
   _{Janout Vladimír, Janoutová Jana}

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Knižní novinky

"Terapie ruky"
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Knižní novinky

"Demence"
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I. konference Nelékařských zdravotnických oborů - trendy, teorie, výzkum, praxe

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