Meningitis and encephalitis in Poland in 2013 .
Journal Title: Przegląd Epidemiologiczny - Year 2015, Vol 69, Issue 2
Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of meningitis and/or encephalitis in Poland in 2013 INTRODUCTION. In the last three years in Poland, about 3000 cases of meningitis and/or encephalitis of viral or bacterial etiology were recorded annually. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Assessment of the epidemiological situation of meningitis and/or encephalitis in Poland in 2013, was based on the results of the analysis of epidemiological reports sent to the NIZP-PZH by the Regional Sanitary-Epidemiological Stations published in the annual bulletin “Infectious diseases and poisonings in Poland in 2013” and “Preventive immunizations in Poland in 2013”. RESULTS. In 2013 in Poland 3 116 cases of bacterial meningitis and/or encephalitis were recorded. Almost 50% of these were viral infections. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. The epidemiological situation of meningitis and/or encephalitis in Poland in 2013 compared to 2012 did not change significantly.
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Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz, Anna Piotrowska
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