Infectious diseases in Poland in 2016
Sadkowska-Todys, M.łg.; Zieliński, A.; Czarkowski, M.ła.P..
Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 72(2): 129-141
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 30111085 Document Number: 696312
This is for the year 2016 subsequent annual analysis of the situation of infectious and parasitic diseases in Poland as part of the Epidemiological Chronicle of the Epidemiological Review. Its purpose is to summarize the collective incidence of infectious diseases and to indicate potential threats to the health of populations from communicable diseases occurring in Poland. The basic source of epidemiological information for this summary is a summary of data from reports of the State Sanitary Inspection, contained in the annual bulletins "Infectious diseases and poisoning in Poland in 2016" and "Protective Vaccination in Poland in 2016" (1, 2). Supplementary sources are detailed assessments of the epidemiological situation of selected infectious diseases that make up the socalled Epidemiological Chronicle. The most numerous group among infectious diseases subject to epidemiological surveillance are upper respiratory tract infections classified as "influenza and influenza - like disease".