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How to control chlamydia – an ECDC guidance for Europe
They are young and mostly female: with more than 3.2 million cases between 2005 and 2014, chlamydia remains the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) across Europe. The updated ECDC guidance on chlamydia control in Europe makes the case for national chlamydia control strategies in the EU Member States and shows ways to develop, implement or improve national or local control activities.
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Sexually transmitted infections in Europe 1990–2009
This first surveillance report from ECDC on sexually transmitted infections (STI) covers the years 1990 to 2009. It aims to describe basic trends and epidemiological features of the five STI under EU surveillance: syphilis, congenital syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum.
Behavioural surveillance toolkitArchived
The overall objective of this work is to support the development of a key set of indicators in order to ensure availability of comparable behavioural data and to support Member States to implement behavioural surveillance or surveys by preparing a user-friendly toolkit and framework (protocol) for the implementation of behavioural surveillance and second generation surveillance related to HIV and STI in Europe.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections in Europe 1990-2010
This ECDC surveillance report on sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Europe covers 20 years of surveillance data collection and analyses the basic trends and epidemiological features of the five STI under EU surveillance: syphilis, congenital syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV).
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STI and HIV prevention in men who have sex with men in Europe
This report gives an overview of the current status of STI and HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in EU/EEA countries. It reviews HIV and STI prevention interventions targeted at MSM, and the evaluations of those interventions.
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Sexually transmitted infections in Europe 2011
This report on sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Europe covers 20 years of surveillance data, with a special focus on 2011.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): A re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
Donachie, A., Spiteri, G., Barbara, C., Melillo, T., Hadad, R., Farrugia, A.G., Unemo, M., Padovese, V.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016
Day, M.J., Spiteri, G., Jacobsson, S., Woodford, N., Amato-Gauci, A.J., Cole, M.J., Unemo, M., Indra, A., Huhlescu, S., Vanden Berghe, W., Crucitti, T., Hunjak, B., Nemeth Blažić, T., Kubele, J., Zákoucká, H., Žemličková, H., Berthelsen, L., Cowan, S., Hoffmann, S., Epstein, J., Viktorova, J., Ndeikoundam, N., Goubard, A., Bercot, B., Kohl, P., Buder, S., Bremer, V., Jansen, K., Tzelepi, E., Konte, V., Balla, E., Dudás, M., Sigmundsdóttir, G., Hauksdóttir, G.S., Igoe, D., Crowley, B., Suligoi, B., Stefanelli, P., Pakarna, G., Mavcutko, V., Reichert, P., Hoffmann, P., Barbara, C., Vella, F., Melillo, J.M., Van Dam, A., Van Benthem, B., Linde, I., Kløvstad, H., Steinbakk, M., Majewski, S., Młynarczyk-Bonikowska, B., Azevedo, J., Borrego, M.-J., Pavlik, P., Truska, P., Klavs, I., Jeverica, S., Vazquez, J., Diaz, A., Abad, R., Velicko, I., Hughes, G., Templeton, K., Irvine, N.
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Presentation: Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
This presentation summarises the main data from the ECDC Annual epidemiological reports 2017 on chlamydia, gonorrhoea, lymphogranuloma venereum, (congenital) syphilis
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Developing a national strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections
This report outlines suggested steps to develop, implement and coordinate a national STI strategy and action plan. It includes approaches to ensure the necessary stakeholder engagement for such strategies to succeed.