01041nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002500059653001200084653002500096653001100121653002600132653001200158653001500170653001100185653002600196653003400222653001700256100001500273245005700288300001000345490000700355520042500362       1981                            d  c1981 Nov-Dec10aBacterial Infections10aCholera10aDeveloping countries10aHumans10aLegionnaires' Disease10aleprosy10aMeningitis10aPlague10aRickettsia Infections10aSexually Transmitted Diseases10aTuberculosis1 aVoelckel J00a[Incidence of bacterial diseases (author's transl)].  a622-90 v743 a<p>Bacterial diseases world incidence figure is not easily reckoned on account of the lack of reliability from original notifications. However the present situation is characterized by: --the regression of diseases under International Health Regulations; --the great diffusion of sexually transmitted diseases; --the keeping-up of the activity of digestive or respiratory transmitted disease, including tuberculosis.</p>