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Along with the shift of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus to higher altitudes observed in the Czech Republic a corresponding shift of tick-borne infections to higher altitudes has been expected. Therefore, I...

..Pregnancy outcome and semen studies imply that relatively low air pollution (higher than 40 microg PM10/m(3)) can significantly increase the adverse reproductive outcomes affecting both genders...

..02). Considering the subtle effect of the DNA repair polymorphisms on the risk of colorectal cancer, exploration of gene-gene and gene-environmental interactions with a large sample size with sufficient statistical power are recommended...

..of disease-associated and carried meningococci from the period 1991 to 2000 in three European countries (the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway) was investigated...

..Two separate cross-sectional studies of children 36-59 months old from Southern Brazil and the Czech Republic collected data on height and socioeconomic and demographic variables...

Sera collected from hunter-killed wild boars (Sus scrofa) during 1999-2005 from seven different regions of the Czech Republic were assayed for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by indirect fluorescence antibody test and to Neospora caninum ..

..The association between outdoor air pollution and stillbirths and low birthweight in the Czech Republic, where air pollution was high, was examined.

..These revealed 11 distinct IS901 RFLP types and three IS1245 RFLP profiles. Polyclonal infection of individual animals was detected by IS901/IS1245 typing in 2 of the 17 selected isolates...

..Antibodies were detected against Tahyna (16%), Sindbis (1%), and Batai (0.2%) viruses, but not West Nile virus. An examination of paired serum samples showed 1 Tahyna bunyavirus (California group) infection...

..The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and nature of mutations in HNF4alpha/MODY1, GCK/MODY2 and HNF-1alpha/MODY3 genes in Czech subjects with clinical diagnosis of MODY...

To estimate the annual incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile arthritis (JIA) and gout in a population based study in two regions of the Czech Republic with total population of 186,000 inhabitants.

..infection as one of the basic preconditions for successful TBE prevention has been intensively studied in the Czech Republic. An atlas of TBE in the Czech Republic containing predictive maps of I...

..The Czech Republic was 1 of the 24 European Society countries included in the survey...

..the prevalence and detailed data concerning the incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in the Czech Republic. Ninety-nine patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites were examined...

A family pilot study was conducted in the Czech Republic to test the hypothesis that exposure to air pollution with particulate matter (PM) in children results in detectable effects indicated by a number of biomarkers of exposure and ..

Through the analysis of notified viral hepatitis, trends in the occurrence of imported cases in the Czech Republic have been specified, the aim of which was to draw attention to the epidemiologically important aspects of travelling abroad.

..species (methylmercury-MeHg, inorganic mercury--Hg(2+)) were determined in the aquatic ecosystem Záhlinice (Czech Republic)...

..The experiments described below were conducted as one part of a routine methodology control, focused on classifying worker irradiation from natural ionizing radiation sources in show caves and in caves used for speleotherapy...

..detection of fusion genes and minimal residual disease from 339 pediatric patients treated for leukemia in the Czech Republic between the years 1995-2007 were tested retrospectively...

An observational study was conducted to determine coccidial infections in goats of 13 farms in the Czech Republic. The prevalence of oocysts of Eimeria species in kids (less than 3 months old), weaned but not served goats (from 3 months ..

..were compared with the records from another 8 stations in other mountain areas in the Czech Republic. A very similar statistically significant trend of increasing mean air temperatures during the last three ..

..little is known about factors associated with depressive symptoms among long-term care residents in the Czech Republic and in other Eastern European countries...

..measured air quality data developed and introduced in 1998 is used for ambient air quality assessment in the Czech Republic. The data from a countrywide air quality monitoring network is collated into the least possible number of ..

..In the Czech Republic, more than half of the registered CF patients attend the Prague CF centre...

..DNA from a sample of 370 Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in the Czech Republic was analyzed by PCR for the presence of a approximately 230-bp fragment of the rrfA-rrlB intergenic spacer of ..

..This study examined whether maternal socioeconomic characteristics predict infant mortality from injuries in the Czech Republic.

This critique analyzes the methodology used in a study of the economic burden imposed on public finances in the Czech Republic by the consumption of cigarettes...

..Air samples were collected in the course of summer and winter periods in two regions of the Czech Republic representing low and high levels of air pollution, the districts of industrial Teplice and rural Prachatice, ..

..1997/1998 and 2000/2001, two surveys for cardiovascular risk factors were conducted in nine districts of the Czech Republic, involving a 1% population random sample aged 25-64 years in each district...

..Hospital antibiotic stewardship (ABS) programs are essential for ensuring long-lasting quality of antibiotic usage and for controlling antimicrobial resistance in the hospital setting...

The Czech Republic has undergone rapid political, social, and economic transformation since the late 1980s...

To describe and compare price regulation and reimbursement in the Czech Republic and Sweden.

Central European encephalitis is the most common arthropod-borne virus disease in the Czech Republic, with the mean annual incidence of 6 cases per 100 000 population...

..The Czech Republic has one of the highest incidences of colorectal cancer in the world as well as high incidence of NBS...

..Pigs have been frequently reported to have E. bieneusi; therefore, we surveyed farm-raised pigs in the Czech Republic to determine its presence and genetic diversity...

..Blood samples were collected from wild boar (Sus scrofa) shot during the hunting season from 1999 to 2005 in the Czech Republic. Sera were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of antibodies against classical swine ..

The aim of our study was to assess the influence of different clinical and demographic variables on quality of life (QOL) in patients with epilepsy in the Czech Republic.

Analysis of participation in drug costs by seniors in the Czech Republic in connection with seniors' access to pharmacotherapy.

..and have described the most important milestones in the history of the use of cytogenetic analysis in the Czech Republic. Details on the levels of occupational exposure and the corresponding observed frequencies of aberrant cells ..

This article reviews the health care system in the Czech Republic. It is aimed to point out the different matters in contrast to the Italian system...

To characterize antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates in rooks wintering in the Czech Republic.

..g(-1), respectively. Statistically significant differences between boys and girls were found for Cd, Cu and Zn. Concentrations of the elements under study correspond to the published values for the non-exposed population...

..communities on the roots of adult trees and seedlings associated with three Norway spruce stands in the Czech Republic using morphological and molecular tools...

This study investigated the association between residential environment and physical activity in the Czech Republic. A sample of 9950 adults completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire...

..Both sows were infected with the Cryptosporidium parvum subgenotype IIaA16G1R1, which is reported from pigs for the first time...

..Only data from the Czech Republic, obtained by the HemoRec registry, were used...

..The aim of this longitudinal study was to identify the changes in children's physical activity (PA) upon entry to first year at school; and to identify the days of the school week that exhibit low PA...

..The average consumption of basic food groups is presented. SETTING: All regions of the Czech Republic. SUBJECTS: The primary data came from the years 1991, 1994 and 1997...

..0.7%), and Capillaria spp. (0.6%). Examinations of dogs in urban and rural areas showed, with the exception of Trichuris sp. in Prague, a higher occurrence of nematode infection in autumn, notably T. canis (chi2>8.3, d.f.=3, p<0.04)...

..aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of antibodies against Neospora caninum dogs from the Czech Republic and to examine the dynamics of antibody titers during a long-term period...

..In 1993, a dramatic change in the incidence and severity of invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic occurred as a consequence of the appearance of a Neisseria meningitidis strain of phenotype C:2a:P1...

Blood sera from 151 dogs from areas of the Czech Republic endemic for human tickborne encephalitis (TBE) were examined for the presence of antibodies to TBE and West Nile (WN) flaviviruses by the haemagglutination-inhibition test ..

..phagocytophilum and distinguish two unique genetic variants infecting horses in the Czech Republic. This resolution far exceeded the discriminatory potential of any of the four sequenced genes when used singly...

..the number of infants who died of unrecognized congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in Austria and the Czech Republic within the past 13 years, before the introduction of adequate neonatal screening...

The association between cardiovascular mortality and winter cold spells was evaluated in the population of the Czech Republic over 21-yr period 1986-2006...

The Czech Republic has one of the highest incidences of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the world...

To compare maternal health behaviors, maternal nutritional status, and infant size at birth of Romas and non-Romas in the Czech Republic.

..closed breeding system segmented into two breeding complexes and a growing complex in the region of Vysocina, Czech Republic and screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium using staining methods and genotyping (SSU rRNA)...

To assess differences in cognitive functions by year of birth in Russia and the Czech Republic.

..characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in 21 hospitals in the Czech Republic in the period 2000-2002 and comparison with previous results from 1996-1997...

..To test this hypothesis, we examined demographic data on monthly natality in the territory of the Czech Republic from 1950 to 1999...

The aims of this study were to assess impacts of hot summer periods on mortality in the Czech Republic and to quantify the size of the short-term displacement effect which resulted in lower than expected mortality after heat waves...

A unique human case of alveolar echinococcosis was described in 1979 from the Klatovy district of the Czech Republic. However, there were no previous epidemiological studies in this area focusing on detection of the source of infection--..

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in the Czech Republic. The decline in CVD mortality observed in our country since 1985 may be due to a decrease in its incidence or case fatality...

..with the liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) method for CYN analyses in the samples from the Czech Republic, Central Europe. We have analysed 56 samples of raw lake waters collected from 32 localities...

..imported dogs in kennels, for the presence of Dirofilaria immitis, and assessed the climatic conditions in the Czech Republic that may promote spread of the disease...

Laboratory confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been reported in the Czech Republic since 1971. Peaks of incidence occurred at 2 to 5-year intervals. The incidence in the eighties was generally lower than in seventies...

..1100delC mutation varies among different populations. Based on our results, genotyping of CHEK2 c.1100delC mutation in clinical settings in the Czech Republic could not be recommended.

..We examined obesity patterns in three countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic, middle-income post-communist countries undergoing social and economic transition...

Tularaemia, a zoonosis of veterinary and public health importance, commonly occurs in the Czech Republic as well as other countries of Northern Hemisphere...

..6% of H. influenzae strains and 85.1% of M. catarrhalis strains produced beta-lactamase. As for non-beta-lactam antibiotics, pneumococci resistant to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole were the most common (15.7%) among the attendees...

..This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe...

The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence and the main risk factors of poor posture in school children in the Czech Republic.

The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of HFE gene mutations in the population of the Czech Republic. Altogether, 257 randomly selected newborn screening cards (Guthrie cards) were analyzed for the C282Y and H63D mutations ..

..These studies also documented some risk factors (e.g., race, age, or body mass index). The aim of our study was to explore the prevalence of UI during pregnancy in the Czech Republic.

..aim of this study was to assess the pediatric population that suffered from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the Czech Republic and to determine the incidence of Crohn disease (CD) in children up to 15 years age between 1990 and 2001.

..pylori infection prevalence in a representative sample of the Czech population. The second objective was to describe difference of H. pylori prevalence between different social groups of children and adults...

..Clinically significant benign stenoses of the large airways develop in about 1% of patients after intubation. The management of benign stenoses is not unified around the world, nor are there any accepted methods for their screening...

..cepacia epidemic strain marker, PCR negativity for the cable pilin subunit gene and close genetic relatedness to the epidemic strain of RAPD 01 type previously identified in Canada...

..Results of the analysis for the period of 1982-2000 in the Czech Republic indicate that heat stress leads to a considerably increased all-causes mortality and mortality due to ..

..We addressed this question in high-risk populations in Prague, Czech Republic. DESIGN: Patients with HBV infection were consecutively recruited into the study at an outpatient clinic ..

..steep rise in the incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the 1990s and its subsequent high level in the Czech Republic are not even over the whole territory. It is manifested markedly in the Czech-Moravian Highland region...

The human biomonitoring (HBM) is an integral part of Environmental Health Monitoring System in the Czech Republic since 1994...

..It appears more common in central Europe. The visceral, rapidly progressing early fatal type has been recognized rarely so far...

..In the Czech Republic, the acute respiratory infection (ARI) reporting system, with automated data processing, uses a statistical ..

..obtained in the first year of active surveillance of serious diseases caused by group A streptococci in the Czech Republic carried out within the Strep-EURO project are summarized...

..The aim of the study was to assess the incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in Czech children aged 0-15 years over the period 1989-2003...

..Less evidence exists for a corresponding effect in adolescents and adults. The Cancer Registry of the Czech Republic provides an opportunity to study various determinants of the occurrence of thyroid cancer.

..Short breast-feeding period and short attendance to day care is associated with the risk of T1DM in Czech children...

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..The absence of the mutation 84insG that is frequently associated with severe bone disease may have contributed to the low incidence of severe bone disease in Czech and Slovak Gaucher subjects...

..In contrast, the C156R substitution reduces arylsulphatase A only to 50% of wild type ASA activity. Since no other mutations were found in this patient, the contribution of this mutation to the development of disease remains unclear...

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..1%) found in Czech children with IDDM emphasizes the need for their regular screening. We suggest that this CD screening protocol may be individualized according to the DQA1*05-DQB1*0201 positivity...

..The number of notified TB cases decreased in the year 2005, when 1007 new TB cases and relapses were reported (9.9/100,000 inhabitants)...

..Main actions needed to meet the child and adolescent needs are presented as well...

..Studies conducted previously in Los Angeles, China, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States suggest exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy may cause adverse ..

..The existing study is based in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic, and consists of a baseline survey and mortality follow up...

..The study will focus on hepatitis C in Prague, Czech Republic. Hepatitis C is a major emerging infectious disease problem in Central and Eastern Europe, especially among ..

..International Congress on Microsporidosis will be held in July 2004 at the Institute of Parasitology of the Czech Republic Academy of Sciences...

..which include the Fogarty International-NIH Health Policy Research Training Program for scholars from the Czech Republic, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Training Program and the Agency for ..

..pancreatic cancer occur among US blacks and among Caucasian populations in Central Europe, in particular in Czech Republic and Slovakia. The reason for this high incidence is not known...

..S. universities and two foreign research institutions (in Czech Republic and Sweden) will also participate in the exchange of scholars, biomedically interesting samples and scientific ..

..S. universities and two foreign research institutions (in Czech Republic and Sweden) will also participate in the exchange of scholars, biomedically interesting samples and scientific ..