title: [Directions of changes in the Polish Vaccination Programs].
abstract: The article presents the state of variola epidemiology as well as the effects of this highly infectious disease in Poland in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, in the context of developing vaccination programs, which eventually led to the eradication of variola. Additionally, the progress in research on vaccines and vaccinations, as well as increase in vaccine production, led to the eradication of poliomyelitis in Europe (2002), in both Americas (1994), and in the Eastern Pacific area. Drawing on the close examination of the state of epidemiology in relation to all infectious diseases, the article suggests revisions in the annual vaccination programs, which pill cause decrease in such diseases as pertussis, meningitis, mumps, morbilli and rubeola.
authors.affiliation: b.filipowicz@gis.zm.gov.pl
authors.forename: Marek L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000639:trends*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*