在2018-2021年波兰的军团病菌
Michał Czerwiński1, Ewelina Księżak1, Katarzyna Piekarska2
1National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance.
Przeglad epidemiologiczny
|October 20, 2023
概括
在COVID-19大流行之前,波兰的军团病菌病例有所增加,65岁以上男性的发病率最高. 军团士兵的早期诊断
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 军团病,包括军团士兵病和庞蒂亚克热病,是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解军团病的流行病学趋势对于有效的疾病控制和预防策略至关重要.
- COVID-19大流行可能影响了包括军团病在内的其他传染病的报告和发病率.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较2018-2021年波兰军团病疫情情况与前几年的情况.
- 评估COVID-19流行病 (2020-2021) 对军团病发病率和报告的影响.
- 确定波兰军团病的人口和地理模式.
主要方法:
- 对2013-2021年国家监测数据的分析,包括年度公告和军团兵病病例报告.
- 利用了卫生和流行病学站和EpiBase系统的数据.
- 计算了每10万人口的发病率,并分析了人口和地理分布.
主要成果:
- 在2018-2021年期间,共有255例军团病病例 (236例军团病,19例庞蒂亚克热病) 登记,显示了2013-2017年的增加.
- 2019年出现了最高的发病率 (0.23/100,000),在COVID-19大流行期间出现了下降.
- 65岁以上的男性受影响最多 (0.58/100,000),波兰西部 (波莫尔斯基地区) 的发病率更高. 报告了26例致命病例 (11%的死亡率),与医疗保健水系统和旅行有关.
结论:
- 在波兰,军团士兵病仍然很少被诊断出来,其发病率是欧盟中最低的.
- 主要受影响的人口是65岁及以上的男性.
- 在医疗保健机构内加强对军团士兵病的早期诊断是关键的公共卫生优先事项.
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