Open AccessThe Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Stockholm Area
Author(s) -
Brith Christenson,
J. Stillström
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-199509000-00003
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , syphilis , medicine , population , sexually transmitted disease , epidemiology , chlamydia , demography , immunology , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , sociology
In Sweden, human immunodeficiency virus has been almost exclusively spread in three subpopulations. These are homosexual men (47%), intravenous drug abusers (21%), and immigrants from highly endemic areas (22%). In contrast to human immunodeficiency virus, gonorrhea and syphilis have in the past affected the general population in Sweden. Today, gonorrhea and syphilis, like human immunodeficiency virus, are referred to the subpopulations. The only sexually transmitted disease that affects the general population is chlamydia.