MMSL 2013, 82(4):156-161 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2013.025

OPPOSITE TRENDS OF INCIDENCE OF GONORRHEA AND OTHER STIS IN THE EASTERN BOHEMIA DURING PAST 15 YEARSOriginal article

Miloslav Salavec1, Vanda Boštíková ORCID...2*, Petr Prášil3, Jan Smetana ORCID...2, Miroslav Špliňo ORCID...2, Roman Chlíbek ORCID...2, Miroslav Louda4, Pavel Boštík ORCID...2
1 Department of Dermatovenereology, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
3 Department of Infectious Diseases and department of Urology, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
4 Department of Urology, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

The epidemiology of selected venereal diseases in the Czech Republic has been carefully evaluated for many years. This report containing data from the period 1981-2011 from the eastern Bohemia shows a sharp decrease in the incidence of gonorrhea in 1993-1994 and very low incidence thereafter with slightly higher prevalence in males. However, syphilis and genitourinary infection by Chlamydia trachomatis show entirely opposite trends. Also, for the similar number of diagnostic tests performed, chlamydia showed 10 fold higher ratio of positive cases. This underscores the changing epidemiology of STIs and necessity for adapting the reporting algorithms.

Keywords: gonorrhea; epidemiology; Czech Republic

Received: August 31, 2013; Revised: November 12, 2013; Published: December 5, 2013  Show citation

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Salavec, M., Boštíková, V., Prášil, P., Smetana, J., Špliňo, M., Chlíbek, R., Louda, M., & Boštík, P. (2013). OPPOSITE TRENDS OF INCIDENCE OF GONORRHEA AND OTHER STIS IN THE EASTERN BOHEMIA DURING PAST 15 YEARS. MMSL, 82(4), 156-161. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2013.025
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