The aim of the paper is to present the current epidemiological situation of Lyme borreliosis in
Poland as compared to the past years, with particular regard to Lublin Province. According to
the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratory of Monitoring and Epidemiological Analysis, the
National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene (NIPH – NIH), the number
of cases of Lyme borreliosis reported for surveillance has increased significantly in the past
three years. In 2016, the number stood at 21 220, i.e. 36% more than in 2015. The assessment
of safety and sanitation standards conducted by State Sanitary Inspection for the year 2015
in Lublin Province showed that the incidence of Lyme borreliosis was 50.9 and that it was
higher than the incidence in Poland – 35.4. Lyme borreliosis is a serious epidemiological and
clinical problem in occupational risk groups, i.e. people working in agriculture, forestry and
hunting. In serological surveys carried out in Lublin Province in the years 2011-2014, there
was a much higher percentage of positive results in workers of several forest inspectorates
than in those doing physical work related to forest exploitation (41.0%), as compared to the
administrative staff (21.4%).