title: [Occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases in Vojvodina during the last 20 years].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sexually transmitted diseases are the most often registered communicable diseases in a great number of countries. The aim of this study was to analyze dynamics and distribution of gonorrhea, syphilis and scabies in Vojvodina region during the last twenty years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiological characteristics of gonorrhea, syphilis and scabies were analyzed on the basis of data obtained from the Section of Epidemiology of the Institute of Public Health in Novi Sad. The research included the period between 1980 and 1999, with sex and age distribution of patients. Morbidity rates were given per number of inhabitants of Vojvodina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the period between 1980-1999 there were 454 registered patients with the diagnosis of syphilis in Vojvodina. The morbidity ratio was highest in 1980 (3.41/100.000), and lowest in 1991 (0.24/100.000). In the twenty-year period there were more patients with gonorrhea, than patients with syphilis. There were 44.621 registered patients with gonorrhea. The maximum morbidity ratio was in 1980 (25.09/100.000), but the minimum was in 1998 (1.68/100.000). Within the examined period scabies was recorded in 56.490 patients. The highest morbidity ratio was in 1984 (232.37/100.000) and the lowest was in 1992 (73.56/100.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The average morbidity ratio of syphilis in USA, between 1992-1994, was 11.8/100.000 and at the same time in Vojvodina it was only 0.42/100.000. In Vojvodina most patients with this disease were 20-39 years old. In the same period in USA the ratio of gonorrhea patients was 309/100.000 and in Vojvodina it was 2/100.000. In this group also, most patients were 20-39 years old. However, scabies mostly appeared at the age of 7-14.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the obtained results, the number of registered patients with these three diseases in Vojvodina stagnates or it decreases. In order to deal with real data, it is necessary to report these diseases regularly.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za kozno-venericne bolesti, Klinicki centar, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Golusin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poljacki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vujić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasić
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Seguljev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012532:Scabies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Prisustvo polno prenosivih bolesti u Vojvodini u poslednjih dvadeset godina.