The occurrence of malaria in the world, in Europe and Poland

Abstract

Population movements between continents is becoming more frequent, faster and easier. In recent years, tropical countries are the most popular travel destination. Very hot climate, poor sanitary-hygienic state cause a huge threat of acquire many diseases that are characteristic of the exotic regions. Malaria is now in third place among the most important infectious diseases in the world, after AIDS and tuberculosis. In total, they cause more than half of all deaths worldwide caused by infectious diseases. Malaria is the most common human disease in the global scale. It is believed that 40–45% of the population, including 40% of children living in malaria endemic areas. It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics on the incidence of tropical diseases Poland. The primary parasitic infection of global importance is malaria. Total transferred cases from malarial areas to Europe exceed 10 000 and mortality mortality is a few percent. The paper presents trends in the spread of the disease in the world with regard to its presence on Polish territory.