Syllabus
Lecutres
1. 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.
2. Immunization programs Strategy of active and passive immunization in Czech Republic and new valid vaccination schedule. Contraindications and complications of vaccination. Practices
3. Geographic distribution of infection. Lyme Borreliosis Characteristics, spectrum of infections, etiologic agents, vectors, reservoir of infectious agents, host, endemicity, ecology. Examples from Czech Republic and world.
4. Intestinal bacterial infections (food-borne bacterial disease) Epidemiological characteristics of etiological agents, differential diagnosis, epidemic measures. Epidemic of thyphoid fever, practical example.
5. Cancer Epidemiology Most frequent cancer´s incidence and mortality in Czech Republic, secular trend and their analysis. Epidemiologic study ? practical exercise.
6. Epidemiology of acute respiratory illnesses and Reye´s syndrome Characteristics of acute respiratory illnesses of viral and mycoplasmal etiology, epidemiology of influenza, Reye´s syndrome, bird´s influenza, vaccination strategy.
7. 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 Public Health in the 2nd year of study (combined study). Communicable, non-communicable diseases, principles of passive and active immunization.