REPORTED CASES OF SCABIES IN KLATOVY REGION FROM 1961 TO 2010

Title of this bachelor thesis is "Reported cases of scabies in Klatovy district from 1961 to 2010". Its theoretical part deals with a description of scabies as an itchy skin parasitic disease, which is still an actual issue worldwide. In the Czech Republic it is the fourth most common infectious disease. This piece of work is focused on anatomy and physiology of skin, morphology of skin changes, etiology and epidemiology of scabies, its clinical image, diagnosis, cure, possible complications and prevention. The practical part composes of quantitative research, for which the method of secondary document analysis was chosen. The data was selected and processed from diaries of infectious diseases and from documents of epidemiological investigation of District Hygiene Station of Pilsen Region - Regional Establishment in Klatovy and from National Health Institute in Prague. The main source of demographic data was public database of Czech statistical office. This part makes a comprehensive overview of the occurrence of reported cases of scabies in Klatovy district in period from 1961 to 2010. The file described on the basis of the annual incidence (per 100 000 inhabitants). Compare the structure of the file (1961 ? 1985 a 1986 ? 2010). I describe a set of terms of age, sex, seasonality and the profession. Comparable data were compared to data for the Czech Republic. Possible causations of different trend in annual incidence of reported cases of scabies in Klatovy district and in the Czech Republic are discussed. The main aim of this work was to get an overview of reported cases of scabies in Klatovy district from 1961 to 2010, and subsequently to compare data of those reported cases with all data available in the Czech Republic, and to make a description of occurrence of reported cases of scabies in Klatovy district in the same period of time, according to age, sex, seasonality and profession. This bachelor thesis can be used as a source of information on scabies morbidity in Klatovy district and the Czech Republic by both professional and laic public