ABC of sexually transmitted diseases. Methods of control.

ABC of colorectal diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases and anal papillomas.

Sexually transmitted diseases control in developing countries.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major public health problem now compounded by the advent of AIDS and HIV infection. The size of the problem represented by STDs and HIV is unknown however it is estimated that there are 333 million new cases of STD per annum and currently 15-20 million people infected worldwide with HIV. Control programmes for STDs must prevent the acquisition of STDs,...

[Sexually transmitted diseases (S.T.D.)].

Resolution on the control of sexually-transmitted diseases.

A Working Party on Venereal Diseases* was appointed by the European Public Health Committee in 1972. As one of the background documents for the Working Party a report was prepared by Dr. Thorstein Guthe (Guthe, 1974). As a result of its work the Working Party presented to the European Public Health Committee a draft resolution on the control of sexually-transmitted diseases which, after approva...

Sexually transmitted diseases in sexually abused children.

To determine the prevalence and pattern of sexually transmitted diseases among sexually abused children, we evaluated 532 victims under 14 years of age for the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Treponema pallidum. Twenty-five girls with vaginal discharge and six children with perineal skin lesions underwent more detailed microbiologic examination. Thirty-four infections were identified in 3...