Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
E J Savage (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, K Marsh<SUP>1</SUP>, S Duffell<SUP>1</SUP>, C A Ison<SUP>1</SUP>, A Zaman<SUP>1</SUP>, G Hughes<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Savage EJ, Marsh K, Duffell S, Ison CA, Zaman A, Hughes G. Rapid increase in gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England in 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20224. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20224
Date of submission: 13 July 2012 <HR>There has been a rapid rise in the number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England during 2011, an increase of 25% and 10% respectively. Large increases of both gonorrhoea (61%) and syphilis (28%) were observed among men who have sex with men. Although these rises can partly be attributed to increased testing, ongoing high-levels of unsafe sexual behaviour probably contributed to the rise. The rise in gonorrhoea rates is worrying in an era of decreased susceptibility to treatments.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 29, 19 July 2012
Rapid communications
Rapid increase in gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England in 2011
Rapid communications
Rapid increase in gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England in 2011
E J Savage (
- Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Savage EJ, Marsh K, Duffell S, Ison CA, Zaman A, Hughes G. Rapid increase in gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England in 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20224. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20224 Date of submission: 13 July 2012 <HR>There has been a rapid rise in the number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in England during 2011, an increase of 25% and 10% respectively. Large increases of both gonorrhoea (61%) and syphilis (28%) were observed among men who have sex with men. Although these rises can partly be attributed to increased testing, ongoing high-levels of unsafe sexual behaviour probably contributed to the rise. The rise in gonorrhoea rates is worrying in an era of decreased susceptibility to treatments.