Surveillance Systems for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Switzerland
| Autor: | Mirjam Mäusezahl, Karim Boubaker, Marcel Zwahlen, Martin D. Gebhardt, Nicola Low, Adrian Spoerri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Sexually transmitted disease medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics education.field_of_study Chlamydia business.industry Public health Gonorrhea Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Dermatology urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Infectious Diseases medicine Neisseria gonorrhoeae Syphilis business Chlamydia trachomatis education |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 34:76-80 |
| ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.olq.0000223248.96376.3b |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: In Switzerland (population 7.4 million), 3 different systems contribute to surveillance for sexually transmitted infections. GOAL: The goal of this study was to compare time trends from surveillance systems for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. STUDY DESIGN: We studied surveillance data (1997-2003) from laboratory reports in women and men, men attending dermatology clinics, and women attending gynecologists. RESULTS: Laboratory reports of episodes of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae increased by 31% (from 2573 to 3449 cases) and 104% (from 259 to 528 cases), respectively. Over the same period, chlamydia reports from men attending dermatology clinics and women attending gynecologists did not change and dermatology clinic-based reports of gonorrhea in men increased only slightly. Syphilis reports from dermatology clinics increased by 127% (from 22 to 50 cases). CONCLUSIONS: Increases in laboratory reports of chlamydia and gonorrhea were not consistently detected in sentinel populations. Numbers of cases reported to all 3 systems were low. The performance of surveillance systems for sexually transmitted infections should be evaluated regularly. |
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