Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
M Van de Laar (
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Citation style for this article: Van de Laar M, Spiteri G. Increasing trends of gonorrhoea and syphilis and the threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20225. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20225
Date of submission: 18 July 2012 <HR>
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) notifications have been on the rise in several European countries since the early 2000s, most likely due to multiple factors like increased screening, use of more sensitive diagnostics, improved reporting and also due to high levels of unsafe sexual behaviour among certain subpopulations. Across Europe, 32,000 cases of gonorrhoea, 18,000 cases of syphilis and over 345,000 cases of chlamydia were reported in 2010 [1]. Certain subpopulations appear to be more affected than others: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by gonorrhoea and syphilis, and young people between 15 and 24 years of age are affected mainly by chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The increases in gonorrhoea and syphilis reported in this edition of Eurosurveillance are worrying as they are identified in MSM and young adults and seem to be associated with high levels of unsafe sexual behaviour and co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The increases in gonorrhoea are of particular concern as they coincide with decreasing susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to currently used antimicrobial drugs in England [2] and across Europe [3]. (?)
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 29, 19 July 2012
Editorials
Increasing trends of gonorrhoea and syphilis and the threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe
Editorials
Increasing trends of gonorrhoea and syphilis and the threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe
M Van de Laar (
- Programme on STIs, including HIV/AIDS and blood-borne infections, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Van de Laar M, Spiteri G. Increasing trends of gonorrhoea and syphilis and the threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20225. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20225 Date of submission: 18 July 2012 <HR>
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) notifications have been on the rise in several European countries since the early 2000s, most likely due to multiple factors like increased screening, use of more sensitive diagnostics, improved reporting and also due to high levels of unsafe sexual behaviour among certain subpopulations. Across Europe, 32,000 cases of gonorrhoea, 18,000 cases of syphilis and over 345,000 cases of chlamydia were reported in 2010 [1]. Certain subpopulations appear to be more affected than others: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by gonorrhoea and syphilis, and young people between 15 and 24 years of age are affected mainly by chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The increases in gonorrhoea and syphilis reported in this edition of Eurosurveillance are worrying as they are identified in MSM and young adults and seem to be associated with high levels of unsafe sexual behaviour and co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The increases in gonorrhoea are of particular concern as they coincide with decreasing susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to currently used antimicrobial drugs in England [2] and across Europe [3]. (?)