title: [Epidemiological surveillance of sexually-transmitted diseases. Spain 1995-2003].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem due to their morbidity, complications and sequels, and also by their relationships with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Several countries have been described a resurgence of STIs since the mid-1990's.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of the STIs monitored by epidemiological surveillance, using as source of information the Spanish National Network of Epidemiological Surveillance data, from 1995 to 2003.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2003, 1069 new cases of gonorrhoea (rate: 2.55 per 100,000 population) and 917 new cases of syphilis (rate: 2.19 per 100,000 population) were notified to the Spanish Compulsory Disease Reporting System. Between 1995 and 2003, gonorrhoea incidence rates decreased in a 78% and syphilis rates diminish in a 15%. Nevertheless, between 2001 and 2003, both gonorrhoea and syphilis incidence rates have increased in a 29% and 27% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data analyzed in this period show an evident change in the trend of the incidence of these STIs. This fact has to be confirmed in the future.
authors.affiliation: Area de Vigilancia Epidemiológica de VIH/sida, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. adiaz@isciii.es
authors.forename: Asunción
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz-Franco
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Noguer-Zambrano
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cano-Portero
mesh_terms: D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*