title: The global pattern of sexually transmitted diseases.
abstract: The 'traditional' sexually transmitted diseases (syphilis, gonorrhoea and so on) have now been supplemented but not replaced by a 'second generation' including chlamydial infections, trichomoniasis, virus diseases (herpes simplex, hepatitis A and B), and protozoal infections in homosexuals. The results, due to a multiplicity of factors, are at present little short of alarming, but there are hopeful signs.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002602:Chancroid / Q000453:epidemiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology