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Gonorrhoea

How do we keep gonorrhoea treatable?

ECDC updated its gonorrhoea response plan to support EU Member States with the control of the threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in a multidisciplinary approach.

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Gonorrhoea cases on the rise across Europe

The number of reported gonorrhoea cases has gone up by 17% across the reporting EU/EEA countries in 2017 with more than 89 000 confirmed diagnoses.

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Drug-resistance of gonorrhoea in the EU

Each year we test susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the antibiotics commonly used to treat gonorrhoea. Get the results of the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP).

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European Test Finder

Where to test? Find out with the European Test Finder

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Publication

Response plan to control and manage the threat of multi- and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe

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Publication

Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 September 2019, week 37

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Publication

Developing a national strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections

Technical report -

Publication

Euro-GASP external quality assessment scheme for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing

External quality assessment -

Publication

Response plan to control and manage the threat of multi- and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe

Technical report -

Publication

Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 September 2019, week 37

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Publication

Developing a national strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections

Technical report -

Publication

Euro-GASP external quality assessment scheme for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing

External quality assessment -

News

Gonorrhoea cases on the rise across Europe

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News

Extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea: risk of further dissemination within and across Europe

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News

Gonorrhoea: drug resistance compromises recommended treatment in Europe

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News

Health risks during the Carnival season in Brazil

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Sep 2017

Event

31st Congress of IUSTI-Europe on Sexually Transmitted Infections

31 Aug 2017 - 2 Sep 2017
Helsinki, Finland
Sep 2014

Event

2014 IUSTI Europe Congress “Migration, recreation, and sexual health”

18 Sep 2014 - 20 Sep 2014
City: St. Julian’s, Country: Malta
Sep 2011

Event

Health Protection 2011Archived

13 Sep 2011 - 14 Sep 2011
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Data

Presentation: Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Data

Trends and data on gonorrhoea in the EU/EEA, 2016

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Data

Table 1: Number and rate of reported confirmed gonorrhoea cases per 100 000 population, EU/EEA, 2010–2014

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Data

Figure 4. Percentage of gonorrhoea infections by transmission category and gender (n=56 695), EU/EEA, 2014

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Surveillance and disease data

Microbiology

The surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe is essential for detecting emerging and increasing antimicrobial resistance and making quality-assured data available to inform revisions of treatment guidelines.

Prevention and control

Guidance and tools

Migrant health

Assessing the burden of key infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA

Facts

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria.

Related diseases

Disease / public health area

Chlamydia infection

Disease / public health area

Congenital syphilis

Disease / public health area

Hepatitis B

Disease / public health area

Hepatitis C

Disease / public health area

HIV infection and AIDS

Disease / public health area

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Disease / public health area

Syphilis

Disease programmes and networks

HIV/AIDS, sexual transmitted infections and viral hepatitis Programme

European Network for STI Surveillance

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016

Dec 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): A re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018

Oct 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Public health surveillance of multidrug-resistant clones of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe: a genomic survey

Jul 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Travel-associated gonorrhoea in four Nordic countries, 2008 to 2013

Jan 2017

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Overall Low Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin Resistance but high Azithromycin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 24 European Countries, 2015

Jan 2017