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Sexually transmitted infections: epidemiology

 

Australia

• Department of Health Australia
  • National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System surveillance report: Sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [2015]
  • Epidemiology of sexually transmissible infections in New South Wales: are case notifications enough [2013]

• UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society
  • National BBV & STI Surveillance and Monitoring Report 2017 [2019]
  • HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: Annual surveillance report 2018 [2018]
  • Aboriginal Surveillance Report on HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs 2018 [2018]

Belgium

• BMJ Open
  • Four sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Belgian general practice: first results (2013–2014) of a nationwide continuing surveillance study [2017]

Brazil

• BMC Public Health
  • Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and syphilis among men who have sex with men in Brazil [2015]

Canada

• Statistics Canada
  • Sexually transmitted diseases

China

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Sustained high prevalence of viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]

• BMC Medicine
  • The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in China: implications for control and future perspectives [2011]

• Medical Science Monitor
  • Trends in the Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Disease, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Gonorrhea, and Syphilis, in the 31 Provinces of Mainland China [2019]

• PLoS ONE
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections among Heterosexual Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2013]

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Partner notification uptake for sexually transmitted infections in China: a systematic literature review [2012]

Europe

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections in Europe 2013 [2015]
  • Annual epidemiological report 2014 - Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and blood-borne viruses [2015]

France

• EuroSurveillance
  • Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in France: recent trends and patients’ characteristics in 2016 [2019]
  • Incidence of gonococcal and chlamydial infections and coverage of two laboratory surveillance networks, France, 2012 [2015]

Germany

• GMS German Medical Science
  • Prevalence and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in men followed by urologists in Germany – a cross sectional study with 347,090 men [2018]

India

• Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
  • Sexually transmitted diseases in children in India [2010]

• Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
  • A systematic review on the prevalence and utilization of health care services for reproductive tract infections/sexually transmitted infections: Evidence from India [2015]

International

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis: global prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016 [2019]

Iran

• Archives of Iranian Medicine
  • Burden of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Iran from 1990 to 2010: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2010 [2016]

• BMC Public Health
  • Epidemiology of genital infections caused by Mycoplasma hominis, M. genitalium and Ureaplasma urealyticum in Iran; a systematic review and meta-analysis study (2000–2019) [2020]

• Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Prevalence of Urogenital Mycoplasmas in Iran and Their Effects on Fertility Potential: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2016]

• Journal of Research in Health Sciences
  • Estimation of Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Iran; A model-based approach [2015]

Ireland

• Health Protection Surveillance Centre
  • STI Reports

Japan

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Estimating nationwide cases of sexually transmitted diseases in 2015 from sentinel surveillance data in Japan [2020]

Middle East, North Africa

• Journal of Global Health
  • Epidemiology of Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, and herpes simplex virus type 2 among female sex workers in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review and meta-analytics [2019]

Moldova

• WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Strengthening of STI surveillance in the Republic of Moldova [2013]

Mongolia

• Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
  • Trends in adult chlamydia and gonorrhoea prevalence, incidence and urethral discharge case reporting in Mongolia from 1995 to 2016 – estimates using the Spectrum-STI model [2017]

Netherlands

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Young male sex workers are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, a cross-sectional study from Dutch STI clinics, the Netherlands, 2006–2012 [2016]

• BMJ Open
  • Regional differences in chlamydia and gonorrhoeae positivity rate among heterosexual STI clinic visitors in the Netherlands: contribution of client and regional characteristics as assessed by cross-sectional surveillance data [2019]

• Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
  • Sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers tested at STI clinics in the Netherlands, 2006–2013 [2015]

New Zealand

• Public Health Surveillance
  • Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • STI Surveillance: Annual Report
  • STI Lab Surveillance: Quarterly Report
  • STI Clinic Surveillance: Quarterly Report

Papua New Guinea

• PLoS ONE
  • The Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Papua New Guinea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2010]

Saudi Arabia

• Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
  • Sexually transmitted infections case notification rates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2005–2012 [2015]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• PLoS Medicine
  • Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among women in sub-Saharan Africa: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 18 HIV prevention studies [2018]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among women in sub-Saharan Africa: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 18 HIV prevention studies [2018]

Uganda

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Trends and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among sexually active Ugandan female youths: evidence from three demographic and health surveys, 2006–2016 [2021]

United Kingdom

• Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2014 [2016]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Improving surveillance of sexually transmitted infections using mandatory electronic clinical reporting: the genitourinary medicine clinic activity dataset, England, 2009 to 2013 [2014]

• HSC Public Health Agency
  • Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance in Northern Ireland 2019 - An analysis of data for the calendar year 2018 [2019]

• PLoS ONE
  • Understanding the burden of bacterial sexually transmitted infections and Trichomonas vaginalis among black Caribbeans in the United Kingdom: Findings from a systematic review [2018]

• Public Health England
  • The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the UK: impact of behavior, services and interventions [2015]
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): surveillance, data, screening and management

United States of America

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance 2017 [2017]
  • Data security and confidentiality guidelines for HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted disease, and tuberculosis programs; standards to facilitate sharing and use of surveillance data for public health action [2011]

• PLoS ONE
  • States with higher minimum wages have lower STI rates among women: Results of an ecological study of 66 US metropolitan areas, 2003-2015 [2019]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance, 2018 [2018]
  • Global Estimates of the Prevalence and Incidence of Four Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2012 Based on Systematic Review and Global Reporting [2015]
  • A tool for strengthening STI surveillance at the country level [2015]
  • Baseline report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance 2012 [2013]
  • Strategies and laboratory methods for strengthening surveillance of sexually transmitted infection 2012 [2012]
  • Global incidence and prevalence of selected curable sexually transmitted infections – 2008 [2012]
  • Prevalence and incidence of selected sexually transmitted infections, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis and trichomonas vaginalis: methods and results used by WHO to generate 2005 estimates [2011]
  • Estimation of the Incidence and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2002]
  • Global Prevalence and Incidence of Selected Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections [2001]
  • Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance [1999]

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