[The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among Polish soldiers serving in U.N. military forces in the Middle East and south-east Asia].
The results of own studies concerning the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in the population of Polish soldiers serving in U.N. Military Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Cambodia (UNTAC) are presented in the article. The epidemiological analysis was based on the medical documentation of the patients treated in UNIFIL Hospital from 1993 to 2000 and in UNTAC medical centers from 1992 to 1993. The research showed that among the military personnel of U.N. peace mission in Lebanon sexually transmitted diseases caused no epidemiological problem. On the other hand, venereal diseases in Cambodia made up one of the main causes of morbidity in the population of Polish soldiers. The main reason of treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in the analyzed period was gonorrhea.
Korzeniewski
Krzysztof
K
Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Zakład Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej w Gdyni. kktropmed@wp.pl
Olszański
Romuald
R
D000328:Adult; D002160:Cambodia; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011044:Poland; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014857:Warfare