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Epidemiology

Class at Third Faculty of Medicine |
CDH002P3

Syllabus

Syllabus

Epidemiologic aspects of evaluation of health status

Methods of evaluation of health status, explanation of terminology used,  basic characteristics of population studies, measures of disease frequency and association  

Information systems of  infectious diseases  

Principles of passive and active immunization  

Strategy of active and passive immunization in Czech Republic and new valid vaccination schedule. Contraindications and complications of vaccination.  

Viral Hepatitis

Epidemiological features, diagnostics, preventive and epidemic measures, occurrence.

Infectious agents, epdiemiological characteristics and differences of viral hepatitis A, B, C,

D, E. Differential diagnostics of viral hepatitis.  

Acute respiratory illnes

Characteristics of acute respiratory illnesses of viral and mycoplasmal etiology, epidemiology of influenza, Reye´s syndrome, bird´s influenza, vaccination strategy.  

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

History, description and case definition, epidemiological features of HIV/AIDS infection, occurrence in Czech Republic and worldwide, trends and perspectives of therapy and control.

Annotation

The subject is taught in bachelor?s study programme Specialisation in Health Care, subject Dental Hygienist in the 3rd year of study. Introductory to the subject epidemiology, IT in epidemiology, principles of passive and active immunization.