Naslov
Epidemiological characteristics of Rickettsial Diseases in Croatia

Autori
Mulić, Rosanda ; Mihajlović, Natalija ; Ropac, Darko ; Zorić, Ivan ; Alambašić, Kemal

Izvornik
Military Medicine (0026-4075) 171 (2006), 1; 64-68

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Rickettsioses; epidemiology; Croatia

Sažetak
To show the presence and prevalence of rickettsial diseases and the geographic distribution in Croatia. METHODS: The pattern of these diseases was monitored during the 1992-2003 period. Results: The rickettsial diseases that occur sporadically in the littoral of Croatia (Adriatic islands and the coastal area) include Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, and a clinical entity known as rickettsioses. Mediterranean spotted fever and murine typhus are considered to be endemic exclusively in Dalmatia. CONCLUSION: The term rickettsioses has been used because of inadequate laboratory differentiation of causative agents ; therefore, the species of rickettsiae responsible for this clinical entity remains unknown. Highly efficient, military, infectious disease research should be continued, to shed more light on this important issue.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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