2 results match your criteria: "Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health[Affiliation]"
Incidence of human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) infections in risk groups of the population.
Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek
June 2004
Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic,
Objective: To identify and to examine the population groups at highest risk of acquiring HHV8 infection.
Material And Methods: Indirect immunofluorescence test (IIF) for detection of IgG antibodies to the lytic antigen of HHV 8.
Results: In total 101 STD patients of a dermatovenerological clinic, 129 HIV - negative homosexual men - who have asked for voluntary HIV testing and 37 patients with repeated blood transfusions were tested.
The effect of routine vaccination in the Czech Republic on the incidence of invasive diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae b.
Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek
June 2004
Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health, Prague Czech Republic,
Objectives: The paper is an analysis of the results of a five-year surveillance programme in the Czech Republic (1999-2003); it evaluates the efficacy of routine Hib vaccination that started in July 2001.
Material And Methods: Morbidity due to Hib was explored in a surveillance programme, which since 2002 also included the investigation of Hib vaccine failure. Hib identification was carried out with standard methods, serotypes were verified using PCR, biotyping was carried out in all strains and in selected strains also multilocus sequential typing.