title: [Remarks concerning risk of infections and health service infrastructure in countries of the Middle East with Syria, for example].
abstract: Assessment of epidemiological situation in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea basin, based on the status of the Syrian health service and diseases occurring among society of this country within the space of the last tens of years is presented in this article. Knowledge of morbidity and morbidness of Syrians, representatives of Arab-Muslim community is relatively low. First of all, it is related to isolation of Syria in the international arena, poor status of education and health service, lack of current epidemiological data on health condition of the country population. Knowledge of issues mentioned above has essential importance for people working or serving in Syria (military and civilian UN personnel), as well as for tourists travelling in the Middle East.
authors.affiliation: Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Zakład Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej w Gdyni. kktropmed@wp.pl
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korzeniewski
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D008889:Military Personnel; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013593:Syria / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D016635:Universal Precautions / Q000379:methods