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  • Title: Sexually transmitted diseases. The present situation in Sweden.
    Author: Wallin J.
    Journal: Br J Vener Dis; 1978 Feb; 54(1):24-7. PubMed ID: 416873.
    Abstract:
    Overall in Sweden, variable trends are noted in the number of cases of gonorrhea reported between 1950 and 1976. Among teenagers, a marked decrease was noted between 1971 and 1974. Education and information activities as well as improved treatment may in part be responsible for the decrease. Changing sexual habits, e.g., decreased incidence of multiple partners, may also be responsible. The ratio of men to women with infections has decreased from 1.7:1 in 1961 to 1.1:1 in 1976. However, most patients visiting clinics for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are not suffering from the traditional venereal diseases. Records from 1 STD clinic serving an area of approximately 150,000 inhabitants provides an indication of the incidence of STDs. In the period from 1972-1976, gonorrhea was diagnosed in 16.6% of the men and 27.2% of the women visiting the clinic. The most frequent diagnosis for men was non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) (35.1%) and for women, non-gonococcal vaginitis was found in 26.7%. Unlike reports from England, no widespread increase in NGU was evident from the clinic records. Complicated gonococcal infections occurred in 14.5% of all diagnosed cases of gonorrhea in women and 1.7% of the cases in men. Records from 1974, indicate that 7% of the men and 9% of the women with genital gonorrhea also had infections on the tonsillar-pharyngeal region. Research into the role of Chlamydia trachomatis in both NGU and salpingitis (the most frequent type of complicated gonorrhea for women) is underway. Recent statements by the Swedish Social Health Board suggest that the number of regulations concerning venereal diseases will be reduced in the near future.
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