[Occupational infectious diseases in the Czech Republic].

Introduction: The authors present a survey on the incidence of occupational infectious and parasitic diseases in the Czech Republic.

Materials And Methods: Between 1996 and 2000, occupational infectious and invasive diseases were diagnosed in 1906 patients. This is about 18% of the total number of diagnosed cases in the period under study.

[Development of carpal tunnel syndrome after being certified and an occupational disease].

The authors present the results of the study carried out in South Moravia, Czech Republic, in a group of 140 patients (76 women and 64 men) with occupational carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The time-lag between the occupational disease certification and the investigation ranged from 2 to 14 years. The mean age of persons at the diagnosis was 44.