State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China.
To evaluate the main features of epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in 2021 in Poland and to compare with the situation in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries....
Analysis of case-based data on TB patients from National TB Register, data on anti-TB drug susceptibility in cases notified in 2021, data from Statistics Poland on deaths from tuberculosis in 2020, da...
In 2021, 3704 TB cases were reported in Poland. The incidence rate was 9.7 cases per 100,000 with large variability between voivodeships from 5.4 to 12.6 per 100,000. A decrease in the incidence with ...
The incidence of tuberculosis in Poland in 2021 was 10.2% higher than in 2020. The percentage of tuberculosis cases with bacteriological confirmation was 82.6%, higher than the average in EU/EEA count...
The incidence of gonorrhoea at the European level increased over 2012-2019, decreased in 2020, and then reached higher values in 2021 than in 2019....
Analysis in the descriptive epidemiology scheme of gonorrhoea notification in surveillance in Poland in 2021 (being the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic)....
Case-base data from surveillance of gonorrhoea were used: confirmed case (meeting laboratory criteria), probable (meeting clinical criteria and contact with confirmed case) and possible (only in Polan...
The incidence of gonorrhoea in Poland in 2021 was only a fraction of recorded in the EU/EEA (0.74 vs. 13.7/100000)-similar to the first pandemic year and were about half of those notified in the 2019 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced on the surveillance system in Poland. There are difficulties in interpreting the epidemiological trend. It is necessary to: 1) intensify systemic solutions in the ...
The aim of the study is to analyze the epidemiological situation regarding the occurrence of occupational diseases in Poland in 2020 and to define possible directions for recommendations regarding pre...
The cases of occupational diseases identified in accordance with the Polish judicial system and reported to the Central Register of Occupational Diseases in 2020 were analyzed. The analysis took into ...
In 2020, 1850 cases of occupational diseases were diagnosed in Poland (11.5 cases per 100 000 employees). The disease entities with the highest incidence were infectious or parasitic diseases, pneumoc...
The epidemiological situation in the field of occupational diseases in our country indicates a disturbing phenomenon, which is the persistence of a high level of pneumoconiosis of hard coal miners. Th...
The war invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to mass migration. By January 3, 2023, nearly a million people sought refuge in Poland. The Polish Act on Assistance to Ukrainian Citizens provided com...
This paper aims to summarize the epidemiological situation of HCV infections in Poland in 2022, a year characterized by dual crises....
Epidemiological surveillance case-based data on HCV for 2022, diagnosis rates from bulletins for the years 2014-2022, and the number of deaths for 2022 from Statistics Poland were compared with previo...
In 2022, the rate of new HCV diagnoses rose to 6.68 per 100,000, totaling 2,528 cases (a 46% increase from the previous year). Polish nationals accounted for 87% of cases. Gender distribution was equa...
Expanding the availability and accessibility of testing is essential, particularly addressing the needs of key populations, including non-Polish speakers. The strategy for HCV elimination should encom...
Monitoring of meningitis and/or encephalitis regardless of etiology is part of routine epidemiological surveillance in Poland. In this study, we discuss in detail meningitis and/or encephalitis in 202...
The aim of this study was an epidemiological assessment of the occurrence of meningoencephalitis and encephalitis in Poland in 2022, taking into account the analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pand...
To analyze the epidemiological situation of neuroinfections in Poland, we used data sent to NIPH NIH-NRI by the Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations and published in the annual bulletins: "Infectious...
In 2022, a total of 1747 cases of meningitis and/or encephalitis were registered in Poland. This was a 79.4% increase in the number of cases compared to 2021, when 974 cases were recorded. For infecti...
The year 2022 showed an overall upward trend in the number of registered cases of bacterial and viral meningitis and/or encephalitis compared to 2021. Still, the observed number of cases of meningitis...
The market of over-the-counter drugs, so-called OTC drugs, is a dynamically developing market driven primarily by self-medication. Their use does not require consultation with a physician, and the pat...
The amount of data available online is constantly increasing, including search behavior and tracking trends in domains such as Google. Analyzing the data helps to predict patient needs and epidemiolog...
The data were gathered using Google Trends, with 69 entries between January-2010 and December-2020 analyzed. We conducted the Seasonal Mann-Kendal Test to determine the strength of trends. The month w...
We found that some topics were seasonally searched in winter (e.g., herpes, scabies, candida) and others in summer (e.g., erythema, warts, urticaria)....
Interestingly, downward trends in searches on sexually transmitted diseases in comparison with increased infection rates reported officially show a strong need for improved sexual education in Poland....
The purpose of this paper is to offer the most important epidemiological indicators of malignant neoplasms in Poland for the year 2019. In 2019, the Polish National Cancer Registry received informatio...
The aim of the study was to get to know polish women's opinions and experiences regarding breastfeeding in public....
A one-time 11-question survey aimed at women during lactation or breastfeeding in the past who completed a paper questionnaire or online questionnaire on the website (www.laktacja.pl). The study was c...
90% of the surveyed women expressed the opinion that it should be possible to breastfeed in public, and 78% of women have had such an experience. Most often it was their own cars, a room for a mother ...
Taking into account the benefits of long-term breastfeeding and the comfort of breastfeeding women, their children and the environment, it is necessary to create dedicated places for breastfeeding in ...
In Poland, mountain national parks are visited by about 8 million tourists annually. As a result, national parks must have a properly developed infrastructure to accommodate such a large number of peo...
