Infectious Diseases in 2003
Authors:
A. Lobovská; M. Holub
Authors‘ workplace:
III. klinika infekčních a tropických nemocí 1. LF UK a FN Bulovka, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2004; : 154-158
Category:
Overview
A brief survey of the present incidence of infectious diseases (by WHO) and new possibilities of their team study.Global significance of morbidity and mortality of some infections is stressed, namely those of malaria, tuberculosis,HIV infection, infantile diarrhoea, respiratory diseases. Alarming trends in age distribution of some diseases (87 %of HIVinfection affects young population between 15 to 19 years) or the significance of HIV infection in combinationwith tuberculosis in previous 10 years in Africa are pointed out. Serious appears the information on the pharmacoresistanceof mycobacteria as well as the growing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chlorochin, namely in theregions of the Southeast Asia.
Key words:
infectious diseases, incidence, prevalence, research.
Labels
Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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