Eurosurveillance - Volume 5, Issue 1, 01 January 2000

Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection remains one of the commonest bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in many developed countries. Its disproportionate burden on deprived, inner city populations and association with infertility have made its contr

Surveillance of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in France is based mainly on laboratory reporting, as STIs are not among the diseases notified by physicians. The network RENAGO (Réseau National du Gonocoque) was set up in 1986 to monitor national t

The history of pertussis in European countries has clearly shown that immunisation decreases the morbidity associated with the disease. Inactivated whole cell pertussis vaccines (wP) have been used in some national vaccination programmes for over 30 years