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Gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. Urethral infections in men and uro-genital infections in women are the main presenting feature, but a broad spectrum of clinical presentations can occur, including systemic dissemination with fever and skin and joint involvement. Throat and ano-rectal infections also occur.

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Facts

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

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

Latest outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Self-reported access to health care, communicable diseases, violence and perception of legal status among online transgender identifying sex workers in the UK

Sep 2020

Publication

Gonorrhoea - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Surveillance report -

Publication

Gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe, 2018

Surveillance report -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from foreign-born population in the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme

Apr 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Technologies, strategies and approaches for testing populations at risk of sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review protocol to inform prevention and control in EU/EEA countries

Mar 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Self-reported access to health care, communicable diseases, violence and perception of legal status among online transgender identifying sex workers in the UK

Sep 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from foreign-born population in the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme

Apr 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Technologies, strategies and approaches for testing populations at risk of sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review protocol to inform prevention and control in EU/EEA countries

Mar 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Population-level antimicrobial consumption is associated with decreased antimicrobial susceptibility in neisseria gonorrhoeae in 24 european countries: An ecological analysis

Mar 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

The European gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme (Euro-GASP) appropriately reflects the antimicrobial resistance situation for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the European Union/European Economic Area

Dec 2019

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Disease networks

European Network for STI Surveillance

European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP)