Open AccessSentinel surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases in Italy
Author(s) -
Massimo Giuliani,
Barbara Suligoi
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.03.06.00097-en
Subject(s) - syphilis , incidence (geometry) , medicine , gonorrhea , demography , environmental health , geography , family medicine , physics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , optics
Statutory notifications suggest that the incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis have fallen in the past 30 years in Italy, as in other developed countries. Nevertheless, during the 1980s, the annual notification rates in Italy were from 15 to 50 times lower