Hepatitis a in Poland in 2000
Sitarska-Gołebiowska, J.
Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 56(2): 329-334
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 12371368 Document Number: 544498
A total of 262 cases of hepatitis A were reported in 1999. The incidence was estimated to be 0.7 per 100,000 and represented 74% decrease compared to the preceding year. The incidence rates within rural and urban populations were similar. The highest incidence was reported among persons 20-24 years old. Patients in this age group constituted 20.2% of the total number of cases. The above data shows that since 1997 epidemiological situation of hepatitis A is making for low endemicity pattern.