title: [Mumps in Poland in 1999].
abstract: In 1999, 90,214 cases of mumps were reported. Incidence of 233.4 per 100,000 was two and a half times lower than in the previous year. More then five percent (5.8%) of cases were admitted to hospitals (5,188). The percentage of hospitalised children ranged from 2.6% in ślaskie voivodeship to 9.9% in pomorskie voivodeship. Children in the 5 to 9 age group were mostly affected (incidence ranged from 1,581 to 2,295 per 100,000). Patients in this age group constituted 55% of total number of mumps cases. MMR vaccine is still not included into the national programme of immunization; instead monovalent measles vaccine is recommended and MMR vaccine is used on voluntary basis.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Epidemiologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny ul. Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warszawa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zabicka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology