Zwahlen, Marcel; Spoerri, Adrian; Gebhardt, Martin; Mäusezahl, Mirjam; Boubaker, Karim; Low, Nicola (2007). Surveillance systems for sexually transmitted diseases in Switzerland. Sexually transmitted diseases, 34(2), pp. 76-80. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/01.olq.0000223248.96376.3b
Full text not available from this repository.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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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Spörri, Adrian, Low, Nicola |
ISSN: |
0148-5717 |
ISBN: |
16773035 |
Publisher: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:54 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/01.olq.0000223248.96376.3b |
PubMed ID: |
16773035 |
Web of Science ID: |
000243775600004 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/22766 (FactScience: 36528) |
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