317 results match your criteria: "Croatian Institute of Public Health[Affiliation]"
BMC Prim Care
December 2024
Department of Endocrinology, University hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, and School of Medicine, and University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Background: Acute respiratory tract infections are common in primary healthcare care settings and frequently result in antibiotic prescriptions, despite being primarily viral. There is scarcity of research examining impact of academic detailing (AD) intervention on prescribing practices for these infections in resource-constrained healthcare settings like southeastern Europe. Therefore aim of this study was to evaluate impact of AD intervention as an antimicrobial stewardship measure on antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in primary setting in Croatia which is located in southeastern Europe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
November 2024
Division of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
J Clin Med
November 2024
Department for Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Microorganisms
October 2024
Department of Virology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
(Re-)emerging arboviruses, such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), West Nile virus (WNV), and Usutu virus (USUV), are continuously increasing in incidence. We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of flavivirus infections in humans, sentinel animals, and mosquitoes detected in the 2022 transmission season in Croatia. From April to November 2022, 110 hospitalized patients with neuroinvasive diseases (NID) were tested for the presence of arboviruses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChildren (Basel)
October 2024
Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Adolescence is a critical period for experimenting with a wide range of risky behaviors, which are often influenced by family dynamics, including parental monitoring. This study aims to analyze the patterns of exposure to multiple substances and bullying among Croatian students by age and gender in 2022 and examine the association of exposure to multiple substances and bullying with maternal and paternal monitoring. : The data were obtained from the 2022 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in Croatia among students aged 11, 13, and 15.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccines (Basel)
November 2024
Epiconcept, 75011 Paris, France.
European countries have included healthcare workers (HCWs) among priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination. We established a multi-country hospital network to measure the SARS-CoV-2 incidence and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among HCWs against laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. HCWs from 19 hospitals in 10 countries participated in a dynamic prospective cohort study, providing samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing at enrolment and during weekly/fortnightly follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza Other Respir Viruses
November 2024
Epidemiology Department, Epiconcept, Paris, France.
We estimated XBB.1.5 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among adults aged ≥ 65 years during the 2023/2024 JN.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroorganisms
September 2024
Department for Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
and are opportunistic pathogens commonly found in the microbiota of humans and other animals as well as in the environment. This article presents the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing using phenotypic methods (broth microdilution and standardized disk diffusion) on selected clinical, food, and wastewater isolates of and The isolates were divided into subgroups based on their sensitivity to the following antibiotics: vancomycin (VAN) and ciprofloxacin (CIP), and biocides triclosan (TCL) and chlorhexidine (CHX). The study also investigated in vitro virulence factors, including biofilm formation ability, cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) and β-hemolysis, to explore aspects of pathogenesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gen Virol
September 2024
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Euro Surveill
September 2024
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for HIV Strategic Information, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
Four infants potentially exposed to syphilis infection in utero, meeting World Health Organization surveillance criteria of congenital syphilis (CS), were diagnosed in Croatia between September 2020 and January 2024. We conducted a retrospective analysis of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data of these cases to assess compliance with surveillance case definitions. As only one confirmed CS case has been reported in Croatia in over 2 decades, these reports signal an increased risk of syphilis vertical transmission and warrant strengthening antenatal screening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNutrients
August 2024
Department for Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation University Hospital Centre, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Unlabelled: Cardiovascular diseases, which are the leading cause of death in Croatia, are linked to the high prevalence of hypertension. Both are associated with high salt intake, which was determined almost two decades ago when Croatian Action on Salt and Health (CRASH) was launched. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate salt, potassium, and iodine intake using a single 24 h urine sample in a random sample of the adult Croatian population and to analyse trends in salt consumption after the CRASH was intensively started.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Res
December 2024
Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Put Duilova 11, 21000, Split, Croatia. Electronic address:
The Mediterranean region, with its unique ecological characteristics, is particularly sensitive to global environmental changes, including climate change and impact of air pollution. Although Aleppo pine and black pine forests are the most abundant on the eastern Adriatic coast, atmospheric deposition in these forests is poorly studied. Changes in the chemical composition of precipitation as it passes through the tree canopy can lead to soil and groundwater eutrophication, and soil acidification, which affects plant vitality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza Other Respir Viruses
August 2024
Epidemiology Department, Epiconcept, Paris, France.
Chemotherapy
August 2024
Clinical Department of Clinical Microbiology, Infection Prevention and Control, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Introduction: Nocardia spp. is an opportunistic pathogen capable of causing localized and disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts. It is critical for serious infections to have an early and accurate identification of this pathogen in order to enable timely and focused combination antimicrobial treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAMA Netw Open
August 2024
CRESS, Obstetrical Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPe, INSERM, INRA, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Importance: There are wide disparities in neonatal mortality rates (NMRs, deaths <28 days of life after live birth per 1000 live births) between countries in Europe, indicating potential for improvement. Comparing country-specific patterns of births and deaths with countries with low mortality rates can facilitate the development of effective intervention strategies.
Objective: To investigate how these disparities are associated with the distribution of gestational age (GA) and GA-specific mortality rates.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
November 2024
Department of Virology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia.
The largest documented outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome occurred in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, in 2021, marking the first-time cases of hantavirus infection recorded outside of the known endemic region in the north of the county. To identify the factors contributing to the spread of the outbreak and to compare risk factors for acquiring hantavirus infection in the endemic and newly affected regions. A total of 189 cases were confirmed by positive Puumala IgM/IgG antibodies (93.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccine
October 2024
Epiconcept, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Euro Surveill
July 2024
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Acta Clin Croat
July 2023
Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
Increased values of arsenic in potable water in eastern Croatia has been a matter of scientific interest for the past two decades due to numerous health effects, including carcinogenic ones. This study investigated whether prolonged exposure to increased arsenic from water could be detectable through increased arsenic in urine, and whether it influenced the incidence of kidney and bladder cancer in Osijek-Baranja County. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used for analysis of water samples from available water sources (wells, aqueducts).
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July 2023
University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
Kidney cancer is estimated to be responsible for more than 400 000 new cancer cases and 180 000 cancer deaths a year. Its incidence is increasing in the majority of developed countries, due to an increased prevalence of recognized risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use and obesity, as well as incidental findings on unrelated diagnostic imaging procedures. Mortality is decreasing in the majority of European countries, due to improvements in treatment and stage at diagnosis shift with more tumors being diagnosed at an early stage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAMA Netw Open
July 2024
Epidemiology Department, Epiconcept, Paris, France.
Eur J Public Health
July 2024
Department of Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Background: Despite concerns about worsening pregnancy outcomes resulting from healthcare restrictions, economic difficulties and increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, preterm birth (PTB) rates declined in some countries in 2020, while stillbirth rates appeared stable. Like other shocks, the pandemic may have exacerbated existing socioeconomic disparities in pregnancy, but this remains to be established. Our objective was to investigate changes in PTB and stillbirth by socioeconomic status (SES) in European countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Public Health
July 2024
Population Data Science, Swansea University Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Background: Resilience of national health systems in Europe remains a major concern in times of multiple crises and as more evidence is emerging relating to the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care utilization (HCU), resulting from de-prioritization of regular, non-pandemic healthcare services. Most extant studies focus on regional, disease specific or early pandemic HCU creating difficulties in comparing across multiple countries. We provide a comparatively broad definition of HCU across multiple countries, with potential to expand across regions and timeframes.
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July 2024
National Centre for Epidemiology, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.
Background: During the first epidemic wave, COVID-19 surveillance focused on quantifying the magnitude and the escalation of a growing global health crisis. The scientific community first assessed risk through basic indicators, such as the number of cases or rates of new cases and deaths, and later began using other direct impact indicators to conduct more detailed analyses. We aimed at synthesizing the scientific community's contribution to assessing the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population health through indicators reported in research papers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibodies (Basel)
June 2024
Department of Virology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.