title: [Effect of vaccination programs on the incidence of idiopathic optic neuritis].
abstract: To evaluate the influence of vaccination programs on the incidence of idiopathic optic neuritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  359 questionnaired patients with idiopathic optic neuritis hospitalized in the Department of Ophthalmology in Bydgoszcz and in the province of Bydgoszcz in the period from 1978 to 1997. Control group included 264 persons with no history of optic neuritis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vaccinated persons were significantly (p = 0.01) rarely affected by this disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed the positive correlation between lack of vaccination (according to vaccination program) and the incidence of idiopathic optic neuritis.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Oczu AM w Bydgoszczy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz-Wiśniewska
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires