Eurosurveillance - Volume 3, Issue 6, 01 June 1998

Statutory notifications suggest that the incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis have fallen in the past 30 years in Italy, as in other developed countries. Nevertheless, during the 1980s, the annual notification rates in Italy were from 15 to 50 times lower

In France, most of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are diagnosed by clinicians in the private sector (general practitioners, gynaecologists, dermatologists who specialise in venereal disease, and urologists) but genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics a

Owing to the unique link between the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human behaviour, the surveillance of STIs requires the collection of more demographic and behavioural data than for other infectious diseases. In order to supp

Applications of the surveillance of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) include setting priorities for and planning preventive and treatment services, evaluating interventions, and shaping research hypotheses. In Scotland routine data on STIs, (other t