Professional paper

Infectious diseases in Croatia in 2004

B. Aleraj

Abstract

The annual review of communicable disease trends in Croatia is given, basing on data from the National Surveillance Network System, collected and evaluated at the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Department of the Croatian National Institute of Public Health. Actual situation can be assessed as generally favorable with very low incidence of diseases of poor sanitation like typhoid fever (1 imported case), bacillary dysentery (39), hepatitis A(33), low incidence of classical sexually transmitted diseases syphilis (47) gonorrhoea (23), low incidence of AIDS (11) and with low incidence of diseases against which the systematic vaccination is conducted (measles 54, rubella 2, diphtheria 0, poliomyelitis 0, tetanus 8 etc.). Tuberculosis incidence is still significant (1258) but showing a favorable downward trend, last year figure lowest ever. However, some potential risk factors, like insufficient sanitation, migrations etc. are present in some areas, so efficient communicable disease surveillance and outbreak control system is important.

Keywords

Infectious diseases; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

12754

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/12754

Publication date:

25.5.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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