Scale-up of photoreactor with TiO thin layer for wastewater treatment.

This study is devoted to the scale-up potential of TiO/UV photocatalyst for real wastewater treatment including its durability tests. The activity of the prepared TiO layers was first tested in a laboratory reactor on key representative pollutants diclofenac, chloramphenicol and triclosan. A special pilot plant reactor of a two-tube system with 21 stainless steel annulets covered by TiO thin layers and the inner volume of 3.

Toxicity Assessment and Treatment Options of Diclofenac and Triclosan Dissolved in Water.

The presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products in water is increasing tremendously nowadays. Typical representatives are diclofenac (DCF) and triclosan (TCS). Acute toxicity of these substances was experimentally assessed using the freshwater algae (living, immobilized).

[Mumps outbreak in the Plzeň Region in 2011].

Aim: The mumps outbreak in the Plzeň Region in 2011 was analysed retrospectively using the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory data. Vaccine efficacy analysis was also conducted in various population groups.

Material And Methods: The routine procedure and standard form were used by the epidemiologists to collect data on the age, sex, place of residence, presence in collectivities, date of disease onset, type of complications and date of their onset, hospital admission, vaccination, and results of laboratory analyses.

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.