[Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)--Hantavirus infection disease appearing in Poland].

Authors take up the problem of occurrence of the haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Poland and present the measures undertaken by Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, which brought to detection of the first, serologically confirmed case of HFRS in May 2005. They strongly emphasize the existence of the disease on Polish territory despite the poor epidemiological recognition, an possibility of its testing.