Infectious diseases in Poland in 2020.
Przegl Epidemiol
; 76(4): 514-527, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2278793
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK The article reviews the main problems of the epidemiology of infectious diseases in Poland in 2020. It summarizes relevant findings from the national infectious disease surveillance system. MATERIAL AND METHODS:
The data contained in this article come from the reports collected by the State Sanitary Inspection on cases of notifiable infectious diseases notified by clinicians and/or laboratories. These are supplemented by mortality data published by the Statistics Poland. RESULTS AND THEIRDISCUSSION:
The epidemiology of infectious diseases was highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 1,306,983 cases notified in 2020 and 41,451 deaths attributed to COVID-19 (according to Statistics Poland). The reported incidence of other infections decreased by 10-98%. We noted especially high decreases in the incidence of viral gastrointestinal infections (by over 70%). The incidence of influenza and influenza-like infections decreased by 34% and tuberculosis by 36% as compared to 2019. However, important decreases were also noted for other diseases under surveillance, which could point to disruption of diagnosis services and reporting due to lockdowns and high workload on the public health services.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Virus Diseases
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Communicable Diseases
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Influenza, Human
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Przegl Epidemiol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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