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J Parasit Dis Diagn Ther 2017
Volume 2 Issue 3 Tropical Medicine 2017
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September 7-8, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
4th International Conference on
Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases & Public Health
AHISTORYOF SPECIFIC DISEASES IN THE
CZECH LANDS
Katerina Vymazalovaa, Vargova La and Horackova La
aMasaryk University, Czech Republic
In recent years, the sharp increase in scientific knowledge
has significantly reduced the incidence of specific infectious
diseases. However, even more perfect diagnostics and the
use of more effective drugs have not been able to eradicate
these diseases. At present, attention is being paid to these
specific diseases, including their historical development.
The presented report summarises the available information
on leprosy, tuberculosis and syphilis, obtained from literary
sources, and in particular from the study of direct evidence
in skeletal remains from archaeological sites. Leprosy
was extensive, especially in the Middle Ages. However,
osteoarchaeological evidence of leprosy from the territory of
the Czech Lands was only found in three cases. Therefore, in
many leprosaria, patients were isolatedwith skin diseases, later
with dermal manifestations of syphilis. Traces of this sexually
transmitted disease are observed in every large modern
skeletal collection. Syphilis has enforced new legislation at this
time, which is of fundamental importance in the advance of
healthcare. However, the mortality of the modern population
has been affected even more by tuberculosis. In skeletons, it
is possible to record its bone forms, which occurred in 5-7%
of tuberculous patients. Doctors currently do not ordinarily
meet with a detailed characteristics of the morphological
manifestations of untreated specific infectious diseases in the
bones. However, it is clear that, as a result of the increasing
resistance of pathogenic organisms to antibiotics and the
impact of the migration of unvaccinated populations, this
issue is again becoming highly relevant.
Biography
Katerina Vymazalova at Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno (MA
in Physical Anthropology) and at the Faculty of Medicine of the same University
(PhD in Anatomy, Histology and Embryology). Currently, she works as assistant
professor in the Department of Anatomy of Faculty of Medicine in Masaryk
University in Brno. She teaching seminars and dissection courses in anatomy for
students of General Medicine. She lectures and teaches seminars in Anatomy
of the locomotor system for Czech and foreign students of Physiotherapy. In the
professional work, she deals with physical and historical anthropology focusing
on paleopathology of medieval and modern populations. She is a member of
Czech Anatomical Society and Czech Anthropological Society
Katerina Vymazalov et al., J Parasit Dis Diagn Ther 2017