Infektološki glasnik, Vol. 35 No. 2-3, 2015.
Stručni rad
Zoonoses in the Republic of Croatia
Boris Dželalija
; Opća bolnica Zadar, Zadar, Hrvatska
Alan Medić
; Zavod za javno zdravstvo Zadar, Zadar, Hrvatska
Iva Pem Novosel
; Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sara Sablić
; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Aim. The authors present epidemiologic data and public health implications of the most common and most important zoonoses in the Republic of Croatia over a ten-year period (2005 – 2014).
Methods. Apart from clinical presentation and epidemiological data, the diagnosis of disease was based on serological methods (indirect immunofluorescence assay – IFA, immunoenzyme test – ELISA), molecular methods (polymerase chain reaction – PCR), separation and isolation of causative agents in culture. To represent the distribution of certain zoonoses, data based on reported infectious diseases from the Division of Epidemiology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health was used.
Results. During the observed ten-year period (2005 – 2014) the most common zoonotic diseases were salmonellosis (29462 in total; range from 1 254 to 5619, median 2781), followed by Lyme disease (4217 in total; range from 220 to 661, median 437), leptospirosis (506 in total; range from 20 to 126, median 40), trichinellosis (506 in total; range from 20 to 126, median 40) and Q-fever (167 in total; range from 1 to 45, median 9).
Discussion and Conclusion. Today the incidence and prevalence of zoonoses in Croatia, as well as the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases worldwide, many of which are zoonoses, is of particular significance for public health and requires close cooperation between various experts (from the fields of medicine, veterinary medicine, forestry, biology, zoology, entomology, ecology) in taking effective measures to control and prevent as well as to study and research these diseases.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
153790
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Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2015.
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