Trends in gonorrhoea in nine western European countries, 1991-6

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-116

  Van Der Heyden, J H A ^a   Catchpole, M A ^b   Paget, W J ^c   Stroobant, A ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034017006     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.2.110     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. 1 Gerbase AC, Rowley JT, Mertens T. Global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases. Lancet 1998;351(suppl III):2-4.
2. 2 Wasserheit JN. Epidemiology synergy. Interrelationships between human immunodeficiency virus infection and other sexually transmitted diseases. Sex Transm Dis 1992;19:61-77.
3. 3 Cohen MS. Sexually transmitted diseases enhance HIV transmission: no longer a hypothesis. Lancet 1998;351 (suppl III):5-7.
4. 4 Renton A, Whitaker L. Using STD occurence to monitor AIDS prevention. Soc Sci Med 1994;38:1153-65.
5. 5 Sherrard JS, Bingham JS. Gonorrhoea now. Int J STD AIDS 1995;6:162-6.
6. 6 Renton A, Whitaker L. Using STD occurrence to monitor AIDS prevention. Final report. (Assessing AIDS prevention.) EC concerted action on assessment of AIDS/HI preventive strategies. 1991:1-50.
7. 7 The European Study Group. European Community Concerted Action on HIV seroprevalence among sexually transmitted disease patients in 18 European sentinel networks. AIDS 1993;7:393-400.
8. 8 Van der Heyden J, Batter V, Sasse A, et al. European networks for the surveillance of HIV infections in sentinel populations of STD patients, a concerted action project of the European communities (DG XII). Brussels: final results 1990-1996, 1997:1-226.
9. 9 Batter V, Van der Heyden J, Sasse A, et al. European networks for the surveillance of HIV infections in sentinel populations of STD patients, a concerted action project of the European communities (DG XII). Brussels: evaluation report, 1997:1-31.
10. 10 Statens Serum Institut C. National surveillance of communicable diseases. Gonorrhoea 1997. EPI-news 1998;(week 49).
11. 11 Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. Annual report, 1996.
12. 12 Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. Annual report, 1998.
13. 13 National Public Health Institute. Infectious Diseases in Finland in 1994, Publication B15/1995.
14. 14 National Public Health Institute. Infectious Diseases in Finland in 1996, Publication B6/1997.
15. 15 Office fédéral de la santé publique. Maladies infectieuses en Suisse 1997, Bern, Switzerland, 1998.
16. 16 Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. Sexually transmitted diseases quarterly report: gonorrhoea in England and Wales. Commun Dis Rep CDR. Wkly 1996;6: 110-1.
17. 17 Suligoi B, Giuliani M, Binkin N, et al. The National STD Surveillance System in Italy. Results of the first year of activity. Int J STD AIDS 1994;5:93-100.
18. 18 Giuliani M, Suligoi B, STD Surveillance Working Group. Sentinel surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases in Italy. Eurosurveillance 1998;3:55-8.
19. 19 Cairo I. [Dermatological STD clinics:an overwiew of consultations.] SOA-bulletin 1998;19:4-6.
20. 20 Catchpole MA. Sexually transmitted diseases in England and Wales: 1981-1990. Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev 1992;2: R1-7.
21. 21 Paget WJ, Zimmermann HP. Surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases in Switzerland, 1973-1994: evidence of declining trends in gonorrhoea and syphilis. Soz Praventivmed 1997;42:30-6.
22. 22 Cribier B, Asch PH, Tardieu JC. Declining rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis in Strasbourg, France: a 20-year study. Genitourin Med 1994;70:273-7.
23. 23 Cronberg S. The rise and fall of sexually transmitted diseases in Sweden. Genitourin Med 1993;69:184-6.
24. 24 Piot P, Islam MQ. Sexually transmitted diseases in the 1990s. Global epidemiology and challenges for control. Sex Transm Dis 1994;21:(Suppl 2)S7-13.
25. 25 Ruden AK, Jonsson A, Lidbrink P, et al. Endemic versus non-endemic gonorrhoea in Stockholm: results of contact tracing. Int J STD AIDS 1993;4:284-92.
26. 26 Yorke JA, Hethcote HW, Nold A. Dynamics and control of transmission of gonorrhoea. Sex Transm Dis 1978;5:51-6.
27. 27 Rothenberg RB. The geography of gonorrhoea: empirical demonstration of core group transmission. Am J Epidemiol 1983;117:688-94.
28. 28 Rothenberg RB, Potterat JJ. Temporal and social aspects of gonorrhoea transmission: the force of infectivity. Sex Transm Dis 1988;15:88-92.
29. 29 Evans BG, Catchpole MA, Heptonstall MA. Sexually transmitted diseases and HIV-1 infection among homosexual men in England and Wales. BMJ 1993;306:426-8.
30. 30 van den Hoek JA, van Haastrecht HJ, Henquet CJ, et al. [Increase in gonorrhea in younger homosexual men in Amsterdam.] Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1993;137:144-5.
31. 31 Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. Sexually transmitted diseases quarterly report: sexually transmitted diseases in England and Wales acquired through sexual intercourse between men. Commun Dis Rep CDR Wkly 1999;9:156-7.
32. 32 Hughes G, Andrews N, Catchpole MA, et al. Investigation of the increased incidence of gonorrhoea diagnosed in genitourinary medicine clinics in England, 1994-6. Sex Transm Inf 2000;76:18-24.
33. 33 Kyriakis KP, Tzelepi E, Flemetakis A, et al. Epidemiologic aspects of male gonococcal infection in Greece. Sex Transm Dis 1999;26:43-8.
34. 34 Adler MW. Sexual health - a Health of the Nation failure. BMJ 1997;314:1743-7.
35. 35 Kastankova V. Increasing sexually transmitted disease rates among prostitutes in the Czech Republic. J Commun Health 1995;20:219-22.