On the Problem of Occupational Tularaemia
Authors:
E. Benešová 1; P. Brhel 1; B. Fišmeisterová 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika pracovního lékařství, FN U sv. Anny v Brně a LF MU, Brno, přednosta doc. MUDr. Petr Brhel, CSc. 2 Krajská hygienická stanice, protiepidemický odbor, Brno, ředitelka MUDr. Dagmar Hrubá
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Published in:
Pracov. Lék., , 2000, No. 2, s. 69-72.
Category:
Overview
In 1979 to 1998 in the Czech Republic 1088 subjects contracted tularaemia but only in 90 the disease was notified asoccupational. On the territory of the South Moravian regions during the same period 480 cases were reported, incl. 46 which werecertified as occupational. Occupational tularaemia affected in particular workers manipulating with feeding stuffs, litter, atten-dants, milk maids, animal feeding personnel. Rare cases occurred also in laboratory workers. The disease was in the majoritymanifested with the clinical picture of the dermal, ulceroglandular or pulmonary form. The authors draw attention to the markeddifference between the number of all newly notified cases of tularaemia and the number of cases certified as occupational disease.
Key words:
zoonoses, tularaemia, occupational disease, occupational risk
Labels
Hygiene and epidemiology Hyperbaric medicine Occupational medicineArticle was published in
Occupational Medicine
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