Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz1, Anna Piotrowska2. 1. Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw. 2. Epidemiology and Screening Department, The Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing.
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.
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.