Screening family and sexual contacts of HBsAg+ persons in the Pilsen region.

The Aim Of The Study: To detect HBsAg-positive persons and to offer their family and sexual contacts, after screening for viral hepatitis B (VHB) markers, free vaccination against the infection.

Material And Methods: In collaboration with laboratories, all persons with confirmed HBsAg in the Pilsen Region (549,618 population) were prospectively detected. From these persons, the following data were collected: reason for examination, clinical diagnosis, and ethnicity/nationality.

The prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis in the region of West Bohemia (Czech Republic) between 1960-2005.

Between 1960-2005, 1,621 cases of tick-borne encephalitis were confirmed by laboratory testing in the region of West Bohemia (now the regions of Pilsen and Karlovy Vary) which represents a rate of infection of 4.1 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. The highest infection rate was established in men aged 20-24 and women aged 45-54.