title: [Spread of sexually transmitted diseases].
abstract: The World Health Organization has stressed the importance of preventing and controlling sexually transmitted diseases (STD) at the global level, also in light of the high costs represented by sequaele and complications for both children and adults. In industrialised countries, STD represent the most commonly notified infectious disease. Moreover, in non-industrialised, especially in Africa, STD represent the major reason for which adults seek health care. In Italy, data based on statutory notifications suggest that the incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis has decreased in the past 20 years, though annual rates are underestimated. This report presents the data collected by the Italian System for the Surveillance of STD.
authors.affiliation: Centro Operativo AIDS, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suligoi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*