[Measles in Poland in 2000].

The decreasing tendency in the number of measles cases has been observed (incidence 0.2 per 100,000). No cases were noted in two voivodeships, in 6 voivodeship from one to two cases were noted. In the remaining 8 voivodeships the highest incidence was noted in Slaskie and Wielkopolskie voivodeships (0.4 per 100,000). Comparing to 1999 the incidence among children aged 0-4 decreased nearly three times from 1.4 to 0.5 per 100,000 whereas the incidence among children aged 8 and 9 and adults aged 20-24 increased. Serological confirmation of cases suspected for measles improved too slowly (assay for IgM)--out of 107 suspected cases only 49 (47.6%) were serologically tested.