[Infectious diseases in Poland in 1998]

Epidemiological situation of majority of infectious diseases in Poland was in 1998 consecutively improved. Decrease of incidence of infectious hepatitis type A and B was noted as well as of tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. Percentage of deaths caused by infectious diseases decreased to 0.6%. Sustaining of such positive trends will require first of all continuation of preventive immunizations at present level, improvement of laboratory diagnoses, but also an improvement of identification of diseased and infected peoples and also notification of cases.