title: Application of Poisson's distribution model to the occurrence of acute viral hepatitis in the district of Sokolov.
abstract: The possibility of application of the Poisson's model of distribution in the field of epidemiology was analyzed on an example of actual distribution pattern of HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative cases of acute viral hepatitis notified weekly in a distinct during a period of 6 years. The results suggest that the distribution pattern of HBsAg-positive AVH is fully compatible with the Poisson's model of distribution, whereas the distribution pattern of HBsAg-negative AVH differs from it quite evidently. The observed Poisson's distribution of HBsAg-positive AVH offers some new theoretical and practical implications concerning the incidence, distribution and prophylaxis of this infection. It is also assumed that HBsAg-positive AVH is not the only one of the communicable diseases the occurrence of which is compatible with the Poisson's model of distribution.
mesh_terms: D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013223:Statistics as Topic